02733nam 2200649 a 450 991044992210332120210107031723.01-4462-3061-90-85702-018-81-280-37040-897866103704051-4129-3255-6(CKB)1000000000246514(EBL)254763(OCoLC)191036562(OCoLC)70741950(StDuBDS)EDZ0000018900(MiAaPQ)EBC254763(PPN)227920996(EXLCZ)99100000000024651420110110d2000 fy 0engur|n|---|||||Understanding management research[electronic resource] an introduction to epistemology /Phil Johnson and Joanne DuberleyLondon SAGE20001 online resource (225 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7619-6918-7 0-7619-6917-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexUnderstanding Management Research is an invaluable introduction for students and researchers of management who are confronting a new research project.Industrial management -- Research -- MethodologyKnowledge, Theory ofManagementManagement -- Research -- MethodologyManagementMethodologyResearchElectronic books.Industrial management -- Research -- Methodology.Knowledge, Theory of.Management.Management -- Research -- Methodology.Management.Methodology.Research.658.0072Johnson Phil1955-1054921Duberley Joanne1054922StDuBDSStDuBDSBOOK9910449922103321Understanding management research2487922UNINA