Editorial Essay: What Is Organizational Research For?

被引：121

作者：

Davis, Gerald F. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Michigan, Stephen M Ross Sch Business, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA

来源：

ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCE QUARTERLY | 2015年 / 60卷 / 02期

关键词：

philosophy of science; big data; theoretical progress; organizational research;

D O I：

10.1177/0001839215585725

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

Organizational research is guided by standards of what journals will publish and what gets rewarded in scholarly careers. This system can promote novelty rather than truth and impact rather than coherence. The advent of big data, combined with our current system of scholarly career incentives, is likely to yield a high volume of novel papers with sophisticated econometrics and no obvious prospect of cumulative knowledge development. Moreover, changes in the world of organizations are not being met with changes in how and for whom organizational research is done. It is time for a dialogue on who and what organizational research is for and how that should shape our practice.

引用

页码：179 / 188

页数：10

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