Understanding management research [[electronic resource] ] : an introduction to epistemology / / Phil Johnson and Joanne Duberley

• Autore: Johnson Phil <1955->
• Pubblicazione: London, : SAGE, 2000
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (225 p.)
• Disciplina: 658.0072
• Soggetto topico: Industrial management -- Research -- Methodology; Knowledge, Theory of; Management; Management -- Research -- Methodology; Methodology; Research
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: DuberleyJoanne
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Understanding management research
• ISBN: 1-4462-3061-9; 0-85702-018-8; 1-280-37040-8; 9786610370405; 1-4129-3255-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910449922103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II