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Critical essay : Organizational cognitive neuroscience drives theoretical progress, or : the curious case of the straw man murder
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Butler, Michael J. R., Lee, Nick and Senior, Carl (2017) Critical essay : Organizational cognitive neuroscience drives theoretical progress, or : the curious case of the straw man murder. Human Relations, 70 (10). pp. 1171-1190. doi:10.1177/0018726716684381 ISSN 0018-7267.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1177/0018726716684381
Abstract
In this critical essay, we respond to Lindebaum’s (2016) argument that neuroscientific methodologies and data have been accepted prematurely in proposing novel management theory. We acknowledge that building new management theories requires firm foundations. We also find his distinction between demand and supply side forces helpful as an analytical framework identifying the momentum for the contemporary production of management theory. Nevertheless, some of the arguments Lindebaum (2016) puts forward, on closer inspection, can be contested, especially those related to the supply side of organizational cognitive neuroscience (OCN) research: fMRI data, motherhood statements and ethical concerns. We put forward a more positive case for OCN methodologies and data, as well as clarifying exactly what OCN really means, and its consequences for the development of strong management theory.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management Q Science > QP Physiology |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Marketing Group Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School |
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Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Management science, Cognitive neuroscience | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Human Relations | ||||||||
Publisher: | Sage Publications Ltd. | ||||||||
ISSN: | 0018-7267 | ||||||||
Official Date: | 1 October 2017 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 70 | ||||||||
Number: | 10 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 1171-1190 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1177/0018726716684381 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 9 January 2017 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 6 September 2017 |
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