Realist Inquiry
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Handbook of Philosophy of Management. ed. / Christina Neesham; Markus Reihlen; Dennis Schöneborn. Vol. 9 Schweiz: Springer International Publishing, 2022. p. 1-23 (Handbooks in Philosophy Series; Vol. 9).
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T1 - Realist Inquiry
AU - Reihlen, Markus
AU - Habersang, Stefanie
AU - Nikolova, Natalia
PY - 2022/7/23
Y1 - 2022/7/23
N2 - Realism has become an influential philosophical foundation that has increasingly informed research in management studies. Realism, which assumes that the world external to the subject is mind-independent, offers a particularly attractive way out of the anthropocentrism and idealism in much contemporary research in management studies that detaches theorizing from its material conditions. This becomes especially problematic when understanding and handling the “Grand Challenges” closely connected with our material existence in the world. In this chapter, three different versions of realism – empirical, critical, and scientific realism – are introduced, and it is discussed how the latter two have informed management studies in terms of ontology, epistemology, and praxeology. Finally, some recommendations for future research are summarized.
AB - Realism has become an influential philosophical foundation that has increasingly informed research in management studies. Realism, which assumes that the world external to the subject is mind-independent, offers a particularly attractive way out of the anthropocentrism and idealism in much contemporary research in management studies that detaches theorizing from its material conditions. This becomes especially problematic when understanding and handling the “Grand Challenges” closely connected with our material existence in the world. In this chapter, three different versions of realism – empirical, critical, and scientific realism – are introduced, and it is discussed how the latter two have informed management studies in terms of ontology, epistemology, and praxeology. Finally, some recommendations for future research are summarized.
KW - Management studies
UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/0f7f88bd-76bc-3518-aab7-7e9a892ecb0b/
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-48352-8_51-1
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-48352-8_51-1
M3 - Contributions to collected editions/anthologies
SN - 978-3-319-48352-8
VL - 9
T3 - Handbooks in Philosophy Series
SP - 1
EP - 23
BT - Handbook of Philosophy of Management
A2 - Neesham, Christina
A2 - Reihlen, Markus
A2 - Schöneborn, Dennis
PB - Springer International Publishing
CY - Schweiz
ER -