validity of theory is truth. In contrast, a policymaker's domain is action, and the criterion of validity is the efficiency of … the policy given its goals, as well as that of justification. The fact that a policymaker is indifferent to the truth (or … international agencies can discard overnight the theories that have previously demonstrated the truth of the causalities underlying …

meet the evolving needs of a changing industry. Unfortunately, explicit emphasis on the importance of truth and buy-in is … (truth) for change, resulting in stakeholder buy-in and commitment to change, may be among the most significant challenges to … organizational change success. Indeed, the absence of leadership-conveyed truth-telling, and stakeholder truth acceptance, restrains …

In this paper, the authors focus on the theory of truth underlying specific traditions in strategy research. They … distinguish positivism, constructionism, scientific realism, and pragmatism as viable, but fundamentally different epistemological … approaches. The authors argue that each of these approaches is based on a specific theory of truth. …

faith in an unknowable absolute truth. By using faith to protect personal knowledge from the charge of subjectivism, Polanyi … knowledge to be separated from the complications of metaphysical realism. …