Philosophy and Management Studies: A Research Overview

Cover
Endorsement
Half Title
Series Information
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
Preface
1 Everyone is a Philosopher
	Introduction
	Why do Management Researchers Need Philosophy?
	What is Philosophy?
	Foundations of Management Philosophy
		Ontology
		Epistemology
		Methodology
		Ethics
	Philosophical Worldviews
		Positivism
		Realism
		Critical Realism
		Constructivism
		Pragmatism
		The Political Dimension
		Summing up
	Philosophy and Organizational Theories
		Positivism in Strategic Management
		Realism in Strategic Management
		Constructivism in Strategic Management
	Conclusion
	Notes
	References
2 Interrogating Concepts
	Introduction
	Concepts as Creative and Reductive: Addressing the Nature and Purposes of Concepts
		Concepts in Philosophy and Social Science
		Concepts as Abstraction and Classification
		Concepts as Thick and Thin
		The Politics of Thickening and Thinning of Concepts
	Concepts as Commodities: Addressing the Thinning of Concepts in Management Studies
		Concepts as Fashion in Management Studies
		Two Examples of Concept Use in Management Studies
			Justice for Justice
			Whose Culture is it Anyway?
		The Politics of Thinning of Concepts in Management Studies
	Concept as Method: Addressing the Enriching of Method with Concepts
		Using ‘Concept as Method’ to Problematize Qualitative Research
		Three Provocations to Qualitative Inquiry
			Method Without Rules or Goals: Implications for Thinking
			Method Without Subjects: Implications for Interviewing
			Method Without a Field: Implications for Studying Cases
		The Politics of ‘concept as Method’ in Management Studies
	Conclusion
	Notes
	References
3 Philosophy from Below
	The Philosophy of Class Conflict
	Changing the Subject: the Case of Feminist Philosophy
	Postcoloniality as a Case of Critical Constructivism
		Orientalism
		Hybridity
		Strategic Essentialism
	Neo-Gramscian Philosophy: Subaltern Studies
	An Exemplar of Critical Realism: Political Society
	Reflexive Ontology: The Case of Critical Transnationalism
	Conclusion
	Note
	References
4 The Road Ahead for Management and Organizational Philosophy
	Note
	References
Index