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A "model" model : McCloskey and the craft of economics
Hall, Joshua C. - 2017
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011715348
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Rhetoric in legislative bargaining with asymmetric information
Chen, Ying; Eraslan, Hülya - In: Theoretical economics : TE ; an open access journal in … 9 (2014) 2, pp. 483-513
We analyze a three-player legislative bargaining game over an ideological and a distributive decision. Legislators are privately informed about their ideological intensities, i.e., the weight placed on the ideological decision relative to the weight placed on the distributive decision....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011674460
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Finance, social value, and the rhetoric of GDP
Assa, Jacob - In: Finance and society 4 (2018) 2, pp. 144-158
article argues that GDP is in fact a form of numerical rhetoric. Political messages in such estimates were explicit until the … early twentieth century, but have since become implicit in hidden assumptions. To uncover the narratives built-in to GDP … this single assumption leads to very different narratives regarding the class-balance of workers vs. capitalists, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012034651
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The role of language in organizational sensemaking : an integrative theoretical framework and an agenda for future research
Whittle, Andrea; Vaara, Eero; Maitlis, Sally - In: Journal of management 49 (2023) 6, pp. 1807-1840
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014326106
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Groping in the dark? Recent contributions to progress in interpretative research - a review
Mayrhofer, Wolfgang - In: Zeitschrift für Personalforschung (ZfP) 23 (2009) 2, pp. 166-182
This papers reviews recent books supporting the development of using qualitative methods in interpretative research. Revolving around three major issues, i.e. increasing the level of rigour, using software packages and new methodological developments, the paper outlines the specific...
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Logical Reasoning in Management: From "Philosopher Kings" to Logical Managers?
Butt, Mohid Farooq - In: Junior Management Science (JUMS) 8 (2023) 4, pp. 845-864
To what extent does a manager's logical reasoning ability impact their managerial responsibility? This study delves into the significance of logical reasoning ability in the realm of management. To accomplish this objective, I developed a logical reasoning assessment whose internal consistency...
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A proposed role for models and simulations in management research
Perrons, Robert K.; Platts, Ken - 2006
Overall, computer models and simulations have a rather disappointing record within the management sciences as a tool for predicting the future. Social and market environments can be influenced by an overwhelming number of variables, and it is therefore difficult to use computer models to make...
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Is the readability of abstracts decreasing in management research?
Graf-Vlachy, Lorenz - In: Review of Managerial Science 16 (2021) 4, pp. 1063-1084
The readability of scientific texts is critical for the successful distribution of research findings. I replicate a recent study which found that the abstracts of scientific articles in the life sciences became less readable over time. Specifically, I sample 28,345 abstracts from 17 of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014501934
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Is the readability of abstracts decreasing in management research?
Graf-Vlachy, Lorenz - In: Review of managerial science : RMS 16 (2022) 4, pp. 1063-1084
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013191694
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Extending the reach and impact of management research : a question of legitimacy
Finch, David J.; Nadeau, John; Foster, Bill; O'Reilly, Norm - In: Journal of industry - university collaboration : JIUC 1 (2019) 2, pp. 58-78
Purpose The issues associated with the production and dissemination of management research have been widely debated amongst administrators, scholars and policymakers for decades. However, few studies to date have examined this issue at the level of the individual scholar. The purpose of this...
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