{"product_id":"foundations-for-inquiry-9780804741538","title":"Foundations for Inquiry","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFoundations for Inquiry, a philosophy of social science book, is both a primer and a resource for anyone interested in social and behavioral research.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is an important book that, I believe, should be read and discussed by all students of contemporary organization studies.\"—\u003ci\u003eACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT REVIEW\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents  Preface\txxxxx  Acknowledgments\txxxxx  Introduction: Themes and Exemplars\t1\t   The Orthodox Ideal of Inquiry \t000  Reactions: Critical, Defensive, and Constructive\t000  Toward Undermining Debate \t  Equivoque, Alternatives, and Tradeoffs \t  Toward Making Sense of Choices \t  Part One: Getting Acquainted with Inquiry\t\t  Chapter One Embracing Inquiry as Learning \t\t\t  The Guest Lecturer: Davydd J. Greenwood and Morten Levin\t\t\t   The Making of a Scientist: Richard P. Feynman\t\t   What Is Science? Richard P. Feynman\t  Kim Encounters Atlas \t\t\t   Summary\t  Chapter Two. Mapping the Domain of Inquiry\t\t\t  Inquiry as Making Meanings\t  The Research Process\t  Framing Research: Models and Theories\t  Framing Knowledge: Philosophic Context\t  Summary\t  Part Two--The Philosophic Context Of Inquiry\t  Chapter Three. The Frame of Paradigm\t\t   Origins, Definition, and Function\t  Two Dimensions, Four Paradigms: Gibson Burrell and Gareth Morgan\t  Paradigmatic Communities: George Ritzer\t  Applications to Organization Theory: Louis R. Pondy and David M. Boje\t  Paradigm Concerns and Development\t  Paradigm Shifts: Yvonne S. Lincoln\t  Summary\t  Chapter Four. Images of Human Nature\t\t  About Images\t  Images Throughout History: Stanford Research Institute\t  Social Science Images \t  Human Nature and Organization Theory: Ali H. Mir\t  Summary \t  Chapter Five. Choices about Reality and Knowing\t  The True and the Known: Ralph E. Stablein\t  Two Contrasting Modes of Inquiry: Roger D. Evered and Meryl Reis Louis  The Range of Core Assumptions: Gareth Morgan and Linda Smircich  Traditional Positivism: Allen S. Lee\t  Socially Constructed, Administrative Science Is: W. Graham Astley\t  Summary\t  Chapter Six. The Impact of Ideology and Values \t  Ideology Critique: Mats Alvesson and Stanley Deetz\t  Explanations of Ideologies: Harrison M. Trice and Janice M. Beyer\t  Ideologies in Organization Studies: Ralph E. Stablein\t  Scientific Ethos: Harriet Zuckerman\t  The Value-Oriented Bias of Social Inquiry: Ernest Nagel\t  Whose Side Are We On?: Howard S. Becker\t  Values in Inquiry: Abraham Kaplan\t  Summary\t  Chapter Seven. Allegiances to Schools of Thought\t  Theoretical-Methodological Subcultures\t  An Expanding Variety--Management Schools of Thought: Richard Whitley  Summary\t  Part Three--Centering Inquiry: Models and Theories\t  Chapter Eight. Models and Theories: Purposes and Reach \t  What a Theory Is and Is Not (Samuel B. Bacharach)\t  What a Theory is Not (Robert I. Sutton and Barry M. Staw)\t  What Theory is Not, Theorizing Is (Karl E. Weick)\t  Comments on \"What Theory is Not\" (Paul J. DiMaggio)\t  Functions of Theories (Abraham Kaplan)\t  Summary\t  Chapter Nine. Patterns and Criteria of Theories \t  Types of Theories (Abraham Kaplan)\t  Three Conceptions of Theory (Paul D. Reynolds)\t  A Typology of Explicative Models (Roger D. Evered)\t  Variance and Process Theories (Lawrence B. Mohr)\t  Thorngate's Criteria and Their Tradeoffs (Karl E. Weick)\t  Theory Evaluation Criteria (Samuel B. Bacharach)\t  Summary\t  Chapter Ten. Theorizing \t  Two Contrasting Strategies (Paul D. Reynolds)\t  Theory Construction (Karl E. Weick)\t  Toward a Method of Theorizing (Louis J. Bourgeois III)\t  Strong Inference (Kenneth D. MacKenzie and Robert House)\t  Summary\t  Part Four--The Research Process\t  Chapter Eleven. Inventing and Framing Research Questions\t  The Importance of Questions (Roger Schank)\t  Question Creation in Organizational Research (Craig C. Lundberg)\t  Problem-Oriented Research (Paul Lawrence)\t  A Theory-Focused Approach (Karl E. Weick)\t  Ploys for Question Generation (Craig C. Lundberg)\t  That's Interesting! Murray S. Davis\t  Summary\t  Chapter Twelve. Plans for Answering: Strategies and Designs\t  Research Strategies and the Three-Horned Dilemma (Joseph E. McGrath)\t  Basic Designs: Features and Assessment (Eugene F. Stone)\t  Taking Extreme Cases Seriously (Louis R. Pondy and Mary Linda Olson)\t  N = 1 (William F. Dukes)\t  Mixing Levels of Analysis (Appa Rao Korukonda)\t  Summary\t  Chapter Thirteen. Acquiring and Handling Data\t  Concept Formulation Before Methods (Chimezie A. B. Osigweh, Yg.)\t  Characteristics and Difficulties of Settings (Thomas Bouchard, Jr.)\t  The Representativeness of Phenomena (Thomas W. Lee)\t  Breaking Up Mono-method Monopolies (Joanne Martin)\t  Issues with Self-Reports (Philip M. Podsakoff and Dennis W. Organ)\t  Observer Effects (Robert Rosenthal)\t  On Removing Measurement Bipolarity (Philip Bobko)\t  Summary\t  Chapter Fourteen. Data Sensemaking\t  Toward Understanding Scientific Understanding (Kenneth J. Gergen and   Gun R. Semin)\t  The Initial Examination of Data (C. Chatfield)\t  Validity and Correlational Research (Terrance R. Mitchell)\t  Concerns About Statistical Data Analysis (Ralph L. Rosnow and Robert   Rosenthal)\t  Guidelines for Selecting a Level of Significance (Sanford Labovitz)\t  A Few Precepts for Interpretation (Fred N. Kerlinger)\t  Summary\t  Chapter Fifteen. Sharing Research Contributions\t  Part Five--Living Inquiry\t  Chapter Sixteen. Considerations for Inquiry's Journeys\t  Learning and Knowing (Linda Ford)\t  Socialization and Identity Creation (Schulamit Reinharz)\t  Scholarly Activities: Career Archetypes and Consequences (James G. Hunt   and John D. Blair)\t  Relationships Among Scholars (Connie J. G. Gersick, Jean M. Bartunek,   and Jane E. Dutton)\t  Mintzberg on Passion in Science (Charlie Galunic)\t  A Scholar's Quest (James G. March)\t  Summary\t  Reprise\t  References\t  Credits  Index","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405545382231,"sku":"9780804741538","price":91.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780804741538.jpg?v=1730492785","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/foundations-for-inquiry-9780804741538","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}