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Extending the foundations and reach of design science : further reflections on the role of critical realism
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Hodgkinson, Gerard P. and Starkey, Ken (2012) Extending the foundations and reach of design science : further reflections on the role of critical realism. British Journal of Management, Volume 23 (Number 4). pp. 605-610. doi:10.1111/1467-8551.12001 ISSN 1045-3172.
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Abstract
In his commentary on our proposal to reframe the relevance of business and management research by combining design science with critical realism (Hodgkinson and Starkey, British Journal of Management, 22 (2011), pp. 355–369), Willmott (British Journal of Management, 23 (2012), pp. 598–604) commends us for our advocacy of a social science as opposed to professional school agenda, while admonishing us for seeking to underpin the commended design science ethos with critical realism, on the grounds of ontological inconsistency and the risk of diminishing the emancipatory elements of our social usefulness agenda. In reply, we demonstrate how, in highlighting the interplay of multiple generative mechanisms within and between levels of analysis, critical realism is entirely commensurate with the design science approach advocated, and enriches rather than diminishes our overarching agenda to humanize the workplace.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Strategy & International Business | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | British Journal of Management | ||||
Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. | ||||
ISSN: | 1045-3172 | ||||
Official Date: | 2012 | ||||
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Volume: | Volume 23 | ||||
Number: | Number 4 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 605-610 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1111/1467-8551.12001 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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