FROM QUICKSAND TO CROSSROADS - AN AGNOSTIC PERSPECTIVE ON CONVERSATION

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: NORD, WR; CONNELL, AF
• 刊物名称: ORGANIZATION SCIENCE
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1047-7039
• DOI: 10.1287/orsc.4.1.108
• 发表日期: 1993
• 页码: 108-120
• 关键词: AGNOSTICISM; SUBJECTIVISM; OBJECTIVISM; COMMUNICATION IN SOCIAL SCIENCE

摘要

This paper attempts to facilitate conversation among organization scientists by advancing a philosophical perspective (agnosticism) that has been ignored in the recent subjective-objective debate. As agnostics, we suggest that the controversy may not be resolvable and that organization science can carry on in the absence of such resolution. We propose a series of concepts to guide the ''post-debate'' field, emphasizing that mutual striving for a ''sense of accurate reception'' (SOAR) can provide a crossroads for conversation among students of organizations. Suggestions for achieving SOAR are proposed.