01923cam a22003494a 4500 3510 3510 12279804 OSt 20250604104747.0 010116s2000 enk b 001 0 eng 00132732 9780761969181 0761952950 (pbk.) DLC KyUL DLC pcc HD 30.4 .J64 2000 HD 30.4 .J64 2000 Johnson, Phil. Understanding management research : an introduction to epistemology / Phil Johnson and Joanne Duberley. London ; Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, 2000. vii, 216 p. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-209) and index. Machine generated contents note: 1 Introduction - The Importance of Epistemology in -- Management Research -- 2 Positivist Epistemology - The Search for Foundations? -- 3 Positivism - The Management Mainstream? -- 4 Conventionalist Epistemology - The Socialization of Science? -- 5 Postmodernist Epistemology - Relativism Unleashed? -- 6 Critical Theory and Management - The Return to -- Rationalism and the Promise of Progress? -- 7 Pragmatism and Critical Realism - Transcending Descartes' -- Either/Or? -- 8 Conclusions - A More Reflexive Approach towards -- Management Research -- References -- Index. Management School of Business and Education Research Methods Industrial management Research Methodology. Knowledge, Theory of. Duberley, Joanne. Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy022/00132732.html Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0656/00132732-d.html 7 cbc orignew 2 ncip 20 y-gencatlg lcc LLB 0 0 lcc 0 0 NFIC KyUCL KyUCL GEN 2017-02-19 Purchase 5207.00 HD 30.4 .J64 2000 KYU/2017/6016 2017-02-19 2017-02-19 LLB 0 0 lcc 0 0 NFIC KyUCL KyUCL GEN 2017-02-19 Purchase 5207.00 HD 30.4 .J64 2000 KYU/2017/6017 2026-03-31 2017-02-19 LLB