The Paradigm Shift in Organizational Research

Yanli Zhang, Yawei Wang, William Colucci and Zhongxian Wang
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Yanli Zhang: Montclair State University, USA
Yawei Wang: Montclair State University, USA
William Colucci: Montclair State University, USA
Zhongxian Wang: Montclair State University, USA

International Journal of Knowledge-Based Organizations (IJKBO), 2011, vol. 1, issue 2, 57-70

Abstract: The creation and development of theory and methods used in the study of organizations is predominantly carried out grounded in the positivist paradigm – epistemological and methodological assumptions similar to those of the natural sciences. This essay looks at the limitations of that paradigm for the study of human organizations and the benefits of relativist, humanist and post-modern assumptions, theory and methods. Limitations of the predominant paradigm are taken up by analyzing basic assumptions – objectivity, generality, empiricism, and linearity. The benefits of a more inclusive paradigm are reviewed in terms of two topic areas: Organizational learning and decision making, and financial markets and price distortion.

Date: 2011
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