The philosophy of management research

By:

Tsang, Eric W. K

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Routledge advances in management and business studiesPublication details: Routledge Oxon 2017Description: x, 233 pISBN:

9780815350767

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

658.0072 TSA

Summary: 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. (https://www.routledge.com/The-Philosophy-of-Management-Research/Tsang/p/book/9780815350767)

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Indian Institute of Management LRC General Stacks	Operations Management & Quantitative Techniques	658.0072 TSA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		005297

Table of contents:

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

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.

(https://www.routledge.com/The-Philosophy-of-Management-Research/Tsang/p/book/9780815350767)

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