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- Title
TWO STRATEGIES FOR INDUCTIVE REASONING IN ORGANIZATIONAL RESEARCH.
- Authors
KETOKIVI, MIKKO; MANTERE, SAKU
- Abstract
Incompleteness of inductive reasoning presents an enduring dilemma for organizational researchers. We examine two practical reasoning strategies--idealization and contextualization--that can be used at the pinnacle of this dilemma: when theoretical conclusions are drawn from empirical data. Understanding the two strategies can lead to more effective argumentation and evaluation. Appreciating the methodological incompleteness of both strategies, in turn, helps us distinguish between the methodological and the policy dimensions of organization-scientific debates.
- Subjects
INDUCTION (Logic); ORGANIZATIONAL research; CONTEXTUALISM (Philosophy); IDEALS (Philosophy); EMPIRICAL research; POLICY sciences
- Publication
Academy of Management Review, 2010, Vol 35, Issue 2, p315
- ISSN
0363-7425
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5465/amr.35.2.zok315