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Advocacy and the search for truth in management scholarship: can the twain ever meet?

Advocacy and the search for truth in management scholarship: can the twain ever meet?
Advocacy and the search for truth in management scholarship: can the twain ever meet?
Scholars have long debated the merits of advocacy-based research versus research considered from the quest for objective truth. Building upon reflections from multiple sources, a set of 11 brief reflections on three posed questions are presented. Tsang concludes our discussion with additional insights on how moving beyond the “interestingness” advocacy will be beneficial to the continued professional development of the management discipline.
academic freedom, advocacy, interestingness, kindness, scientific discourse, truth
1056-4926
11-25
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Wright, Thomas A., Emich, Kyle, Pearce, Jone L., Ramoglou, Stratos, Ashkanasy, Neal, Bartunek, Jean M., Kunisch, Sven, Denyer, David, Foss, Nicolai J., Klein, Peter G., Town, Sophia, Hollwitz, John, Barney, Chet E., Harms, Peter, Munyon, Timothy P., Seijts, Gerard and Tsang, Eric W.K. (2024) Advocacy and the search for truth in management scholarship: can the twain ever meet? Journal of Management Inquiry, 33 (1), 11-25. (doi:10.1177/10564926231203522).

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Scholars have long debated the merits of advocacy-based research versus research considered from the quest for objective truth. Building upon reflections from multiple sources, a set of 11 brief reflections on three posed questions are presented. Tsang concludes our discussion with additional insights on how moving beyond the “interestingness” advocacy will be beneficial to the continued professional development of the management discipline.

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Accepted/In Press date: 9 September 2023
e-pub ahead of print date: 3 October 2023
Published date: January 2024
Keywords: academic freedom, advocacy, interestingness, kindness, scientific discourse, truth

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Local EPrints ID: 483892
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/483892
DOI: doi:10.1177/10564926231203522
ISSN: 1056-4926
PURE UUID: c3515ae1-05f4-4141-aa13-c815b5268769
ORCID for Stratos Ramoglou: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-5134-5525

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Date deposited: 07 Nov 2023 18:06
Last modified: 18 Mar 2024 03:27

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Author: Thomas A. Wright
Author: Kyle Emich
Author: Jone L. Pearce
Author: Stratos Ramoglou ORCID iD
Author: Neal Ashkanasy
Author: Jean M. Bartunek
Author: Sven Kunisch
Author: David Denyer
Author: Nicolai J. Foss
Author: Peter G. Klein
Author: Sophia Town
Author: John Hollwitz
Author: Chet E. Barney
Author: Peter Harms
Author: Timothy P. Munyon
Author: Gerard Seijts
Author: Eric W.K. Tsang

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