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| Author: | Cornelissen, J.P. Kafouros, M. |
| Title: | Metaphors and theory building in organization theory: What determines the impact of a metaphor on theory? |
| Journal: | British Journal of Management
2008 : DEC, VOL. 19:4, p. 365-379 |
| Index terms: | organizational theory sociology research business schools United Kingdom |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | This study examines how different metaphors influence theory development and academic thinking about organizations (hereafter as: orgs). Scholars from U.K. business schools are asked to rate different metaphors in terms of their impact on theory building. It is examined whether, and to what extent, these metaphors had helped in clarifying and advancing their understanding of orgs. It is indicated that the ability of a metaphor to advance and clarify theoretical understandings of orgs. is based on 1. the degree to which that metaphor is seen to capture multiple salient features of orgs. and 2. the ease with which the metaphor is understood. |
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