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Administrative Science Quarterly: Canary of Worldview Shift?

In: Synergy Matters

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  • Eric B. Dent

    (The George Washington University, Administrative Sciences Program)

  • Edward H. Powley

    (The George Washington University, Administrative Sciences Program)

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Conclusion Several authors have suggested that a paradigm shift is occurring in the worldview of people in organizations. A comparison of ASQ articles from 1957 to 1997 provides limited evidence of such a shift. Our results imply that a modest shift is occurring in the assumptions of holism, perspectival observation, and cooperation. The TWV assumptions of reductionism and linear causality show very slight increases over the same time frame. Proponents of mutual causality will be especially disappointed that our research identified only five paragraphs with this assumption in the entire set of 1997 issues. Consequently, the TWV remains a powerful force in the set of assumptions used by authors of ASQ journal articles.

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  • Eric B. Dent & Edward H. Powley, 2002. "Administrative Science Quarterly: Canary of Worldview Shift?," Springer Books, in: Adrian M. Castell & Amanda J. Gregory & Giles A. Hindle & Mathew E. James & Gillian Ragsdell (ed.), Synergy Matters, chapter 44, pages 259-264, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-0-306-47467-5_44
    DOI: 10.1007/0-306-47467-0_44
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