RESEARCH MOVEMENTS AND THEORIZING DYNAMICS IN MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATION STUDIES

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Clegg, Stewart; Cunha, Miguel Pina E.; Berti, Marco
• 署名单位: University of Technology Sydney; Universidade Nova de Lisboa; University of Technology Sydney; Universitetet i Stavanger; University of Johannesburg
• 刊物名称: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0363-7425
• DOI: 10.5465/amr.2018.0466
• 发表日期: 2022
• 页码: 382-401
• 关键词: INSTITUTIONAL THEORY; THEORY CONSTRUCTION; PARADOX; PERFORMATIVITY; PARADIGMS; relevance; BUSINESS; science; schools; MODEL

摘要

In this article, we propose a conceptual model of the processes that regulate theory selection and retention in management and organization studies. Considering the many sources of theoretical variety that characterize our field, what requires explanation is both the proliferation of theories as well as the decline of some schools of thought. We argue that research programs (ordered sequences of theories) lose momentum when the research movements that develop and maintain them fail to attend to some organizing priorities. By conceptualizing theorizing as form of organizing, we describe how research movements dynamically arrange sociomaterial elements (grammars, thought styles, material artifacts, and empirical craft), arguing that their sustainability depends on their capacity effectively to navigate the paradoxical tensions that derive from these organizing efforts.