The role of theory in construction management: reply to Runeson

David Seymour, Darryll Crook and John Rooke

Construction Management and Economics, 1998, vol. 16, issue 1, 109-112

Abstract: In his comment on Seymour, D.E., Crook, D.J. and Rooke, J.A. (1997). Construction Management and Economics, 15, 117-19 (Construction Management and Economics, 15, 299-302) argues that positivism provides the best insurance against bad research in construction management studies. He claims that positivist methods of theory building have been modified sufficiently to cope with the demands of management research. He accuses Seymour et al. of being anti-scientific in questioning the viability of these methods. In this short reply, we refute these assertions, pointing out some remaining obstacles to the application of positivist methods to management research.

Keywords: Management Theory; Positivism; Research Paradigms; Research Methodology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1998
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