Updating Organizational Epistemology

Azevedo, Jane

doi:10.1002/9781405164061.ch31

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“…Indeed, abstracting one’s theorizing (by moving up the ladder of theory complexity) can provide the basis for a meta-paradigm perspective that allows disparate approaches to theory building to be considered together as a way to bridge across paradigm boundaries (Gioia & Pitre, 1990; for an epistemological approach [evolutionary naturalist] to unify diverse perspectives, see Azevedo, 2002). As Kaplan (1964) observes, theorists move from observable indicators (i.e., the “individual”) to higher levels of abstraction that involve unobservable categories or concepts (i.e., “social classes” or “society”).…”

Section: Conceiving and Constructing Theories—building Storiesmentioning

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“…Building on the importance of coherence to a theory contribution (Azevedo, 2002), Shepherd and Sutcliffe (2011) offer the following principles for assessing the theoretical contribution of theorizing outcomes: (1) A broader theory is a better theory . A broader theory is one that explains more facts and, in doing so, provides a more coherent explanation than one that explains fewer facts.…”

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Theory Building

Shepherd

Suddaby

2016

Journal of Management

263

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Building theories is important for advancing knowledge of management. But it is also a highly challenging task. Although there is a burgeoning literature that offers many theorizing tools, we lack a coherent understanding of how these tools fit together—when to use a particular tool and which combination of tools can be used in the theorizing process. In this article, we organize a systematic review of the literature on theory building in management around the five key elements of a good story: conflict, character, setting, sequence, and plot and arc. In doing so, we hope to provide a richer understanding of how specific theorizing tools facilitate aspects of the theorizing process and offer a clearer big picture of the process of building important theories. We also offer pragmatic empirical theorizing as an approach that uses quantitative empirical findings to stimulate theorizing.

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Section: Conceiving and Constructing Theories—building Storiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Evaluating a Theory: The Narrative Arcmentioning

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Theory Building

Shepherd

Suddaby

2016

Journal of Management

263

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“…The first part of this section involves an evaluation of the mechanisms as the basis of a BMI theory. Building on the principle of coherence to a theory contribution (Azevedo, 2017;Sutcliffe, 2011), Shepherd andSuddaby (2017) argued that theories with explicit mechanisms are preferable because they provide a clearer explanation by demonstrating how and why one thing leads to another and therefore provides an explanation. These scholars also posited that a simple theory tends to be the better theory because it does not carry the weight of elements that add little additional value to our understanding.…”

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Theorising business model innovation: An integrated literature review

Loon

Quan

2020

Australian Journal of Management

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The aim of this article is to theorise the business model innovation (BMI) phenomenon as we explore why and how BMI occurs, specifically to answer the question, What are the mechanisms involved? We evaluate extant research by adapting the context-intervention-mechanism-output framework, and adopting a mechanism-based theory building approach for synthesising our findings. This study makes three contributions: first, we enrich epistemology by adopting a process view as we show that BMI is a series of interdependent mechanisms. Second, we identify six mechanisms unique to the phenomenon. Third, we offer a prescient outlook of BMI change as a metatheory. JEL Classifications: M10, O30, O31, O39

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“…Abstracting one's theorizing-that is, moving up the ladder of theory complexity-can provide the foundation for a meta-paradigm perspective, allowing scholars to consider diverse approaches to theory building together as a way to bridge paradigm boundaries (Gioia & Pitre, 1990; for an epistemological approach [evolutionary naturalist] to combine disparate perspectives, see Azevedo, 2002). Indeed, according to Kaplan (1964), many theorists move from observable indicators of a phenomenon (i.e., the "individual") to higher levels of abstraction that entail unobservable categories or concepts (i.e., "social classes" or "society").…”

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Theorizing and Entrepreneurship

Shepherd

Patzelt

2023

Entrepreneurial Theorizing

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Building theories is essential for advancing knowledge of entrepreneurship. But it is also a highly challenging task. Although there is a burgeoning literature that offers many theorizing tools, we lack a coherent understanding of how these tools fit together—when to use a particular tool, and which combination of tools can be used in the theorizing process. This article organizes a systematic review of the literature on theory building around the five critical elements of a good story: conflict, character, setting, sequence, and plot and arc. In doing so, we hope to provide a richer understanding of how specific tools facilitate aspects of the theorizing process and offer a clearer big picture of the process of building important new entrepreneurship theories. We also offer pragmatic empirical theorizing as an approach that uses quantitative empirical findings to stimulate theorizing on entrepreneurial anomalies.

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Updating Organizational Epistemology

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