Replication and theory development in organizational science: A critical realist perspective

• 成果类型: Review
• 署名作者: Tsang, EWK; Kwan, KM
• 署名单位: Nanyang Technological University; Hong Kong Baptist University
• 刊物名称: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0363-7425
• DOI: 10.2307/259353
• 发表日期: 1999
• 页码: 759-780
• 关键词: Vertical Integration; SELECTIVE PERCEPTION; INDIVIDUAL DISSIMILARITY; group heterogeneity; JAPANESE FIRMS; management; ECONOMICS; CONSEQUENCES; satisfaction; performance

摘要

In this article we assess, from a critical realist perspective, the role played by replication in theory development. We first present a concise review of critical realism and then reply to the objection that replication is not possible in the social sciences. We go on to classify replications into six types along two dimensions. Finally, we present a detailed argument for the significance of replication in social science research and propose a: multifocal pattern of knowledge accumulation to be integrated with the scattered pattern commonly found in organizational science.