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The Quagmire of Philosophical Standpoints (Paradigms) in Management Research (Enghish version)

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  • Naail Mohammed KAMIL

    (Lecturer (GTA & PhD Candidate), Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Economics and Management Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)

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In conducting management research, the researcher’s stance of ontology and epistemology in the contribution of knowledge is paramount. The acknowledgement of such stance is imperative as it may have inherent effects from how a research is conducted to how findings are reported and evaluated. This exploratory study attempts to provide a brief discussion of the philosophical standpoints (paradigms) characterized in management research. The discussion covered the two extremes; from the early modernism (positivism school of thought) to the other extreme of social constructionism. Other schools of varying standpoints of ontology and epistemology occur between these extremes. For individual schools of thought (paradigms), the ontological status of social reality, the ontological status of human behavior and the epistemological status, has been discussed.

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  • Naail Mohammed KAMIL, 2011. "The Quagmire of Philosophical Standpoints (Paradigms) in Management Research (Enghish version)," Logos Universalitate Mentalitate Educatie Noutate - Sectiunea Filosofie si Stiinte umaniste/ Logos Universality Mentality Education Novelty - Section: Philosophy and Humanistic Sciences, Editura Lumen, Department of Economics, vol. 1, pages 383-390, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:lum:rev16f:v:1:y:2011:i::p:383-390
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    Keywords

    Philosophy; School of Thought; Paradigm; Ontology; Epistemology; Management Research.;
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    JEL classification:

    • A23 - General Economics and Teaching - - Economic Education and Teaching of Economics - - - Graduate
    • Y80 - Miscellaneous Categories - - Related Disciplines - - - Related Disciplines

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