Johnson, Phil.
Understanding management research : an introduction to epistemology / Phil Johnson and Joanne Duberley. - London ; Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, 2000. - vii, 216 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-209) and index.
Machine generated contents note: 1 Introduction - The Importance of Epistemology in -- Management Research -- 2 Positivist Epistemology - The Search for Foundations? -- 3 Positivism - The Management Mainstream? -- 4 Conventionalist Epistemology - The Socialization of Science? -- 5 Postmodernist Epistemology - Relativism Unleashed? -- 6 Critical Theory and Management - The Return to -- Rationalism and the Promise of Progress? -- 7 Pragmatism and Critical Realism - Transcending Descartes' -- Either/Or? -- 8 Conclusions - A More Reflexive Approach towards -- Management Research -- References -- Index.
0761952950 (pbk.)
00132732
Management--Research--Methodology.
Industrial management--Research--Methodology.
Knowledge, Theory of.
HD 30.4 / .J64 2000
Understanding management research : an introduction to epistemology / Phil Johnson and Joanne Duberley. - London ; Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, 2000. - vii, 216 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-209) and index.
Machine generated contents note: 1 Introduction - The Importance of Epistemology in -- Management Research -- 2 Positivist Epistemology - The Search for Foundations? -- 3 Positivism - The Management Mainstream? -- 4 Conventionalist Epistemology - The Socialization of Science? -- 5 Postmodernist Epistemology - Relativism Unleashed? -- 6 Critical Theory and Management - The Return to -- Rationalism and the Promise of Progress? -- 7 Pragmatism and Critical Realism - Transcending Descartes' -- Either/Or? -- 8 Conclusions - A More Reflexive Approach towards -- Management Research -- References -- Index.
0761952950 (pbk.)
00132732
Management--Research--Methodology.
Industrial management--Research--Methodology.
Knowledge, Theory of.
HD 30.4 / .J64 2000