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The philosophy of management research /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tsang, Eric W. K. (Author)
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2017.
Series:Routledge advances in management and business studies ; 64.
Subjects:
Management > Research > Philosophy.
Management > Methodology > Philosophy.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 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.