Purpose: To describe the implicit epistemic flaw of “confirmation bias” and to illustrate and evaluate the threats to qualitative research trustworthiness from that bias. Design/methodology/approach: The article overviews evidence and analysis from a wide range of disciplines. The adverse...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to describe and critique ways in which the threats from confirmation bias have been rejected. Design/methodology/approach: Dismissals of the existence of, or threats from, confirmation bias are identified from a review of literature across a very wide range...

Throughout the world every economic and socio-economic indicator has deteriorated. The so-called 'real economy' has been deeply contaminated by the most significant global financial crisis for seven decades. The ultimate extent and duration of this rampant degeneration and its longer-term...

Expertly written by leading scholars from a range of different starting points, this compendium presents a synthesis of recent work relating to institutionally-informed accounts from transitional and emerging markets, as well as from mature economies. It specifically focuses on the linkage...

Purpose – According to an extensive and growing literature, we are in the twilight of bureaucracy. The labels applied to the supposed new organizational form include: post‐bureaucratic; post‐modern; post‐hierarchical; and the virtual organisation. The purpose of this paper is to consider...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the claim that the pursuit of maximum value (wealth) for shareholders optimises economic and social benefits for society as a whole. Design/methodology/approach – Evidence cited in support of the claim and the methodology employed by its...

Considers why different explanations of the same event can be produced and discusses the characteristics of a good explanation. It identifies and analyses a wide range of different published explanations of a seminal public administration policy‐change. It separates those accounts of that...