haku: @indexterm ORGANIZATIONAL THEORY / yhteensä: 550
viite: 236 / 550
| Tekijä: | Miner, J.B. |
| Otsikko: | The role of values in defining the "goodness" of theories in organizational science. |
| Lehti: | Organization Studies
1990 : VOL. 11:2, p.161-178 |
| Asiasana: | ORGANIZATIONAL THEORY SOCIAL VALUES ETHICS |
| Kieli: | eng |
| Tiivistelmä: | Previous analyses indicated that the "goodness" of a theory as perceived by knowledgeable scholars had no relationship to the theory's scientific validity or usefulness in application. Additional analyses utilizing the same data now indicate that humanistic values played an important role in this finding. Scholars with strong humanistic values are prone to nominate humanistic theories. When only scholars with weak humanistic values are considered, the perceived goodness of a theory and its validity are positively related. The implications of these findings for the evaluation of theories in organizational science are discussed. The methodology of study is described. The results are |
SCIMA