Explaining Management Phenomena

Erscheinungsjahr 2024
ISBN: 978-1-00-932311-6
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 270 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 367 g

One key objective of management research is to explain business phenomena. Yet understanding the nature of explanation is essentially a topic in philosophy. This is the first book that bridges the gap between a technical, philosophical treatment of the topic and the more practical needs of management scholars, as well as others across the social sciences. It explores how management phenomena can be explained from a philosophical perspective, and renders sophisticated philosophical arguments understandable by readers without specialized training. Covering virtually all the major aspects of the nature of explanation, this work will enhance empirical and theoretical research, as well as approaches combining the two. With many examples from management literature and business news, this study helps scholars in those fields to improve their research outcomes.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tsang, Eric W K

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Fremdsprachenerwerb und -didaktik
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Parapsychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Gesellschaftstheorie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Forschung und Information Forschungsmethodik, Wissenschaftliche Ausstattung
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Philosophie der Erziehung, Bildungstheorie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The nature of explanation; 2. Causation; 3. Modes of explanation; 4. Micro foundations; 5. Theory versus non-theory-based explanation; 6. Multi-theoretical explanation; 7. Research methods; 8. Explanation as science (or art?).

Über Autor(innen)

Tsang, Eric W K
Eric W. K. Tsang is the Dallas World Salute Distinguished Professor at the University of Texas at Dallas, and a fellow of the Academy of International Business. He is a leading management scholar in applying philosophy to tackle methodological problems. In 2017, he published The Philosophy of Management Research (2016).