Organization studies and the new pragmatism: Positivism, anti-positivism, and the search for ethics

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Wicks, AC; Freeman, RE
• 署名单位: University of Washington; University of Washington Seattle; University of Virginia
• 刊物名称: ORGANIZATION SCIENCE
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1047-7039
• DOI: 10.1287/orsc.9.2.123
• 发表日期: 1998
• 页码: 123-140
• 关键词: pragmatism; ETHICS; epistemology

摘要

In this article the authors offer a way out of the circular debate between the positivist and anti-positivist positions in our literature. Zn the context of the critical issues of ethics, the authors raise the pragmatist alternative and suggest that this common ground might provide a place for the field to not only meet, but also a place where we can productively collaborate. The perspectives outlined in this article are what the field needs: a hopeful and productive setting for proactive scholarship.