The quagmire of philosophical standpoints (paradigms) in management research
In conducting management research, the researcher’s stance of ontology and epistemology in the contribution of knowledge is paramount. The acknowledgement of such stance is imperative as it may have inherent effects from how a research is conducted to how findings are reported and evaluated. This...
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Editura Lumen
2011
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/26689/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/26689/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/26689/4/The_Quagmire_of_Philosophical_Standpoint.pdf |
| Summary: | In conducting management research, the researcher’s stance of ontology and
epistemology in the contribution of knowledge is paramount. The acknowledgement of such
stance is imperative as it may have inherent effects from how a research is conducted to how
findings are reported and evaluated. This exploratory study attempts to provide a brief
discussion of the philosophical standpoints (paradigms) characterized in management research.
The discussion covered the two extremes; from the early modernism (positivism school of
thought) to the other extreme of social constructionism. Other schools of varying standpoints of
ontology and epistemology occur between these extremes. For individual schools of thought
(paradigms), the ontological status of social reality, the ontological status of human behavior
and the epistemological status, has been discussed. |
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