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A foundationalist perspective for management research: a European trend and experience

Hatchuel, Armand - In: Management Decision 47 (2009) 9, pp. 1458-1475

context of management research. Yet, the new epistemology of management research that it presents may contribute to the … of this new epistemology: a theory of managerial techniques as a critical view of classic organization theory; and a … paper presents a new approach of management research which is built on a new epistemology of collective action. It offers an …

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Entrepreneurship as connecting: some implications for theorising and practice

Anderson, Alistair R.; Drakopoulou Dodd, Sarah; Jack, … - In: Management Decision 50 (2012) 5, pp. 958-971

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to consider why entrepreneurship theorising has become fragmented and how the research problem might be resolved. Design/methodology/approach – The authors first examine how entrepreneurial constructs reflect only part of what we “mean” by the...

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Lacanian psychoanalysis and management research

Arnaud, Gilles; Vanheule, Stijn - In: Management Decision 51 (2013) 8, pp. 1664-1677

Purpose – This paper aims to reflect on how Lacanian psychoanalysis might inform management studies, and discuss limitations and consequences of adopting this particular framework for doing research in organizations. Design/methodology/approach – The authors integrate existing literature on...

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The business of memes: memetic possibilities for marketing and management

Williams, Russell - In: Management Decision 38 (2000) 4, pp. 272-279

Introduces the business community to the new science of memes. The roots of the meme concept from Richard Dawkins’ original work in the area of biology to the social (business) world are outlined, and the value of its study (memetics) proposed. One claim from memetics is that it can help...

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Leadership theory and practice: a “case” in point

Armandi, Barry; Oppedisano, Jeannette; Sherman, Herbert - In: Management Decision 41 (2003) 10, pp. 1076-1088

Leadership theory has little value if it cannot be applied to real world situations. A summary review of the literature on leadership theory is provided here first. A disguised real case concerning Ted Shade, a Vice‐President at Galactic Chips, Inc. is then provided which describes a manager...

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Decision making as a simplification process: new conceptual perspectives

McKenna, Richard J.; Martin‐Smith, Brett - In: Management Decision 43 (2005) 6, pp. 821-836

Purpose – Proposes to call for inclusion of alternative conceptual perspectives in decision making theory and practice. Design/methodology/approach – Adopts a conceptual approach drawing on a diverse range of theories, and applying an illustrative example. Findings – Finds that...

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Designing the strategic planning process: does psychological type matter?

Jennings, David; Disney, John J. - In: Management Decision 44 (2006) 5, pp. 598-614

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide a review of the empirical literature concerning the design of the strategic planning process and its relationship to environmental, organizational, strategic and psychological factors. The paper aims to focus on psychological type and its...

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Anxiety and defective decision making: an elaboration of the groupthink model

Chapman, Judith - In: Management Decision 44 (2006) 10, pp. 1391-1404

Purpose – This article sets out to revisit Janis' groupthink theory that holds that, when anxiety is present for a decision‐making group, premature concurrence seeking emerges unless other mitigating factors are present. Research from selected segments of the decision making literature are...

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Bad apples in bad (business) barrels

Li‐Ping Tang, Thomas; Chen, Yuh‐Jia; Sutarso, Toto - In: Management Decision 46 (2008) 2, pp. 243-263

membership (bad apples vs good apples) measured at Time 2 and investigate possible differences between business and psychology … students in unethical behavior. Design/methodology/approach – Business and psychology students' propensity to engage in … cluster membership at Time 2 for the whole sample and the business sample, but not for the psychology sample. The differences …

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The nature and value of common sense to decision making

Zhao, Sheng - In: Management Decision 47 (2009) 3, pp. 441-453

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine, from management perspective, the nature of common sense, its application in decision‐making, and possibility of developing common sense more effectively. Design/methodology/approach – To take typical dictionary definitions of common sense,...

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