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Necessary conditions for the study of fads and fashions in science

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Summary This article asserts that any theory or research on fads or fashions in science has to answer three questions clearly and unambiguously. What defines "science"? What defines a "scientific fad" or a "scientific fashion"? What might facilitate the occurrence of scientific fads or fashions so defined? To illustrate this argument, this article critically examines the answers to three questions suggested by Starbuck's article: [Starbuck, W. H. (2009). The constant causes of never-ending faddishness in the behavioral and social sciences. Scandinavian Journal of Management]. The article concludes by discussing the challenges that certain scholars can pose to other scholars who courageously raise the possibility that fads or fashions might hold sway in the behavioral or social sciences.

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  • Abrahamson, Eric, 2009. "Necessary conditions for the study of fads and fashions in science," Scandinavian Journal of Management, Elsevier, vol. 25(2), pages 235-239, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:scaman:v:25:y:2009:i:2:p:235-239
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    1. Slobodan Adzic, 2018. "Learning organization: a fine example of a management fad," Business and Economic Horizons (BEH), Prague Development Center, vol. 14(3), pages 477-487, June.
    2. Pawel Sobkowicz, 2015. "Innovation Suppression and Clique Evolution in Peer-Review-Based, Competitive Research Funding Systems: An Agent-Based Model," Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, vol. 18(2), pages 1-13.
    3. Damien Besancenot & Radu Vranceanu, 2015. "Fear Of Novelty: A Model Of Scientific Discovery With Strategic Uncertainty," Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International, vol. 53(2), pages 1132-1139, April.
    4. Jesús de Frutos-Belizón & Fernando Martín-Alcázar & Gonzalo Sánchez-Gardey, 2021. "The research–practice gap in the field of HRM: a qualitative study from the academic side of the gap," Review of Managerial Science, Springer, vol. 15(6), pages 1465-1515, August.
    5. Manuel Sánchez-Pérez & Nuria Rueda-López & María Belén Marín-Carrillo & Eduardo Terán-Yépez, 2021. "Theoretical dilemmas, conceptual review and perspectives disclosure of the sharing economy: a qualitative analysis," Review of Managerial Science, Springer, vol. 15(7), pages 1849-1883, October.
    6. King, Ian W. & Vickery, Jonathan, 2013. "Do I look right? De-familiarizing the organizational fashioning of the body," Scandinavian Journal of Management, Elsevier, vol. 29(4), pages 394-401.

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