Tsang, Eric W. K.
The philosophy of management research Eric W.K. Tsang - Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, c2017. - x, 233 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Routledge advances in management and business studies ; 64 .
Philosophy: an under-laborer serving researchers -- Explanation: different ways of answering "why?" -- Assumptions: not something to be assumed away -- Theory testing: a seemingly straightforward process -- Generalization: a controversial endeavor -- Replication: an ignored necessity -- Historiography: a neglected research method -- Looking ahead: to be, or not to be, a science.
The field of management research is commonly regarded as or aspires to be a science discipline. As such, management researchers face similar methodological problems as their counterparts in other science disciplines. There are at least two ways that philosophy is connected with management research: ontological and epistemological.
9781138902572
2016015195
Management--Research--Philosophy
Management--Methodology--Philosophy
658.0072
The philosophy of management research Eric W.K. Tsang - Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, c2017. - x, 233 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Routledge advances in management and business studies ; 64 .
Philosophy: an under-laborer serving researchers -- Explanation: different ways of answering "why?" -- Assumptions: not something to be assumed away -- Theory testing: a seemingly straightforward process -- Generalization: a controversial endeavor -- Replication: an ignored necessity -- Historiography: a neglected research method -- Looking ahead: to be, or not to be, a science.
The field of management research is commonly regarded as or aspires to be a science discipline. As such, management researchers face similar methodological problems as their counterparts in other science disciplines. There are at least two ways that philosophy is connected with management research: ontological and epistemological.
9781138902572
2016015195
Management--Research--Philosophy
Management--Methodology--Philosophy
658.0072