Realist Inquiry

Reihlen, M; Habersang, S; Nikolova, N

Realist Inquiry

Reihlen, M Habersang, S Nikolova, N

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Citation:: Handbook of Philosophy of Management, 2022, pp. 55-77
Issue Date:: 2022-12-02

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dc.contributor.author	Reihlen, M
dc.contributor.author	Habersang, S
dc.contributor.author	Nikolova, N https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5916-3822
dc.date.accessioned	2023-07-03T00:32:40Z
dc.date.available	2023-07-03T00:32:40Z
dc.date.issued	2022-12-02
dc.identifier.citation	Handbook of Philosophy of Management, 2022, pp. 55-77
dc.identifier.isbn	978-3-030-76605-4
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/171119
dc.description.abstract	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.
dc.format.extent	55
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	Springer Nature
dc.relation.ispartof	Handbook of Philosophy of Management
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Handbooks in Philosophy
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1007/978-3-030-76606-1_51
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.rights	This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of a chapter published in [Handbook of Philosophy of Management, 2022, pp. 55-77]. The final authenticated version is available online at http://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-76606-1_51]”
dc.title	Realist Inquiry
dc.type	Chapter
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business
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Abstract:

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.

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