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Record Nr.

UNINA9910967281503321

Autore

Johnson Phil

Titolo

Understanding management research : an introduction to epistemology / / Phil Johnson and Joanne Duberley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Thousand Oaks, : SAGE Publications, 2000

London ; ; Thousand Oaks : , : SAGE Publications, , 2000

ISBN

9786610370405

9781446230619

1446230619

9780857020185

0857020188

9781280370403

1280370408

9781412932554

1412932556

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (vii, 216 p.) : ill

Altri autori (Persone)

DuberleyJoanne

Disciplina

658.0072

Soggetti

Management - Research - Methodology

Industrial management - Research - Methodology

Knowledge, Theory of

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-209) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 - Introduction - The Importance of Epistemology in Management Research; Chapter 2 - Positivist Epistemology - The Search for Foundations?; Chapter 3 - Positivism - The Management Mainstream?; Chapter 4 - Conventionalist Epistemology - The Socialization of Science?; Chapter 5 - Postmodernist Epistemology - Relativism Unleashed?; Chapter 6 - Critical Theory and Management - The Return of Rationalism and the Promise of Progress?; Chapter 7 - Pragmatism and Critical Realism - Transcending Descartes' Either/Or?

Chapter 8 - Conclusions - A More Reflexive Approach towards Management ResearchReferences; Index



Sommario/riassunto

Understanding Management Research is an invaluable introduction for students and researchers of management who are confronting a new research project.