TY - CHAP

T1 - The Epistemology of Management: An Introduction

AU - Reihlen, Markus

AU - Schöneborn, Dennis

PY - 2022/7/23

Y1 - 2022/7/23

N2 - The epistemological foundations of management studies have been contested throughout the history of the discipline. In this chapter, we first introduce the core of epistemology – the problem of knowledge. The problem of knowledge includes, in fact, several interrelated problems that form a system, such as: What is knowledge? Who or what has the capacity of knowing? How much can be known? What are the sources of knowing? And what knowledge is considered best? We then cluster current epistemological positions in management studies by differentiating between four epistemological orientations that differ in how the scientific statements relate to empirical reality. We refer to these orientations as (1) epistemologies of representation, (2) epistemologies of interpretation, (3) epistemologies of imagination, and (4) epistemologies of intervention. These four orientations serve as a structure to the contributions of this handbook, and also offer a novel way of mapping contemporary epistemologies in management scholarship.

AB - The epistemological foundations of management studies have been contested throughout the history of the discipline. In this chapter, we first introduce the core of epistemology – the problem of knowledge. The problem of knowledge includes, in fact, several interrelated problems that form a system, such as: What is knowledge? Who or what has the capacity of knowing? How much can be known? What are the sources of knowing? And what knowledge is considered best? We then cluster current epistemological positions in management studies by differentiating between four epistemological orientations that differ in how the scientific statements relate to empirical reality. We refer to these orientations as (1) epistemologies of representation, (2) epistemologies of interpretation, (3) epistemologies of imagination, and (4) epistemologies of intervention. These four orientations serve as a structure to the contributions of this handbook, and also offer a novel way of mapping contemporary epistemologies in management scholarship.

KW - Management studies

KW - Epistemology

KW - knowledge

KW - Epistemologies of representation

KW - epistemologies of interpretation

KW - epistemologies of imagination

KW - epistemologies of intervention

UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/e792d74a-c9b1-3761-b574-c313fd3a59e0/

U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-48352-8_66-1

DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-48352-8_66-1

M3 - Contributions to collected editions/anthologies

SN - 978-3-319-48352-8

VL - 9

T3 - Handbooks inPhilosophy Series

SP - 17

EP - 37

BT - Handbook of Philosophy of Management

A2 - Neesham, Christina

A2 - Reihlen, Markus

A2 - Schöneborn, Dennis

PB - Springer International Publishing AG

CY - Schweiz

ER -