Tsang The Philosophy of Management Research

Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-1-315-46320-9
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 246 Seiten

Reihe: Routledge Advances in Management and Business Studies

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.

Despite an increasing number of scattered philosophy-based discussions of research methodology, there has not been a book that provides a systematic and more comprehensive treatment of the subject. This book addresses this gap in the market and provides new ideas and arguments for guiding management researchers.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tsang, Eric W. K.

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften: Allgemeines

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Philosophy: An Under-Laborer Serving Researchers

2. Explanation: Different Ways of Answering "Why?"

3. Assumptions: Not Something to be Assumed Away

4. Theory Testing: A Seemingly Straightforward Process

5. Generalization: A Controversial Endeavor

6. Replication: An Ignored Necessity

7. Historiography: A Neglected Research Method

8. Looking Ahead: To Be, or Not to Be, a Science

Appendix: How Philosophy Contributes to Research Methodology

Über Autor(innen)

Eric W.K. Tsang is the Dallas World Salute Distinguished Professor of Global Strategy at the University of Texas at Dallas. He received his PhD in Management from the University of Cambridge in 1997. His main research areas include organizational learning, strategic alliances and entrepreneurship. He is among the top contributors to the philosophical analysis of methodological issues in management, which is a relatively young domain.