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The Value of Simple Exploratory Models for Explaining Complex Behaviors
(2018)
  • Thomas P Galvin, US Army War College
Abstract
PODCAST: In past seasons, we discussed the extent to which publication practices valuing journal articles above books limit our understanding of organizational phenomena. We also debated how the peer-review process and its current emphasis on ‘theoretical contributions’ sometimes limits the capacity of authors to convey the empirical richness of their studies. For example, in Episode 27 on Andrew Pettigrew’s study of context and transformation of the firm, we lamented the focus on precise empirical study at the expense of more meaningful monographic treatments of organizational phenomena. We revisited that them in Episodes 29, 30, and it surfaced a couple more times in Season 4.
Keywords
  • podcast,
  • organizations
Publication Date
February 9, 2018
Citation Information
Thomas P Galvin. "The Value of Simple Exploratory Models for Explaining Complex Behaviors" (2018)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/thomas-galvin/20/