BUILDING THEORY ABOUT THEORY BUILDING: WHAT CONSTITUTES A THEORETICAL CONTRIBUTION?

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Corley, Kevin G.; Gioia, Dennis A.
• 署名单位: Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE); Pennsylvania State University; Pennsylvania State University - University Park; Arizona State University; Arizona State University-Tempe
• 刊物名称: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0363-7425
• DOI: 10.5465/amr.2009.0486
• 发表日期: 2011
• 页码: 12-32
• 关键词: ORGANIZATIONAL KNOWLEDGE; management; editors; relevance; INTUITION; FRAMEWORK; ECONOMICS; barriers; IDENTITY; context

摘要

We distill existing literature on theoretical contribution into two dimensions, originality (incremental or revelatory) and utility (scientific or practical). We argue for a revision in the way scholars approach the utility dimension by calling for a view of theorizing that would enable theories with more scope (both scientific and practical utility). We also argue for an orientation toward prescience as a way of achieving scope and fulfilling our scholarly role of facilitating organizational and societal adaptiveness.