Understanding Management Research: An Introduction to Epistemology

Phil Johnson · Joanne P. Duberley

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Introduction The Importance of Epistemology in Management Research Positivist Epistemology The Search for Foundations? Positivism The Management Mainstream? Conventionalist Epistemology The Socialization of Science? Postmodernist Epistemology Relativism Unleashed Critical Theory and Management The Return to Rationalism and the Promise of Progress Pragmatism and Critical Realism Transcending Descartes' Either/Or? Conclusions A More Reflexive Approach towards Management Research

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