TY  - BOOK
AU  - Tsang, Eric W. K.
TI  - The philosophy of management research
T2  - Routledge advances in management and business studies
SN  - 9780815350767
U1  - 658.0072 
PY  - 2017///
CY  - Oxon
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Management-Research-Philosophy
KW  - Management-Methodology-Philosophy
N1  - 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
N2  - 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)
ER  -