Critical Realism and Constructivism in Strategy Research : Toward A Synthesis  

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Mir, Raza ; Watson, Andrew

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Strategic Management Journal vol. 22 no. 12 (2001), page 1169-1173.
Topik: CRITICAL; constructivism; critical realism; philosophy of science

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We agree with kwan and tsang (2001) that critical realism represent an important point of epistemological departure from mainstream realism, and that it has the potential to inform strategy research. To that end, kwan and tsang's argument for a critical realist perpective is valid. There however exist substantial non trivial differences between constructivism and critical realism. While critical realism contests some of the default assumptions of empiricism and realism which treat social systems are closed systems, it is still predicated upon an inherent order of things that is graspable by research. Constructivism instead focuses on the manner in which researchers constitute theories in the act of describing them. This important distinction makes constructivism for more of a departure from empiricism than critical realism, and therefore it has a different set of implications for strategy research.

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