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The Paradigm Shift in Organizational Research

The Paradigm Shift in Organizational Research

Yanli Zhang, Yawei Wang, William Colucci, Zhongxian Wang
Copyright: © 2011 |Volume: 1 |Issue: 2 |Pages: 14
ISSN: 2155-6393|EISSN: 2155-6407|EISBN13: 9781613508282|DOI: 10.4018/ijkbo.2011040104
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Zhang, Yanli, et al. "The Paradigm Shift in Organizational Research." IJKBO vol.1, no.2 2011: pp.57-70. http://doi.org/10.4018/ijkbo.2011040104

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Zhang, Y., Wang, Y., Colucci, W., & Wang, Z. (2011). The Paradigm Shift in Organizational Research. International Journal of Knowledge-Based Organizations (IJKBO), 1(2), 57-70. http://doi.org/10.4018/ijkbo.2011040104

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Zhang, Yanli, et al. "The Paradigm Shift in Organizational Research," International Journal of Knowledge-Based Organizations (IJKBO) 1, no.2: 57-70. http://doi.org/10.4018/ijkbo.2011040104

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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.

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