Advocacy and the Search for Truth in Management Scholarship: Can the Twain Ever Meet?

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

doi:10.1177/10564926231203522

Advocacy and the Search for Truth in Management Scholarship: Can the Twain Ever Meet?

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

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Journal	Journal of Management Inquiry
Volume	33
Issue number	1
Pages (from-to)	11-25
Number of pages	15
ISSN	1056-4926
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/10564926231203522
Publication status	Published - Jan 2024

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Published online: 3 October 2023.

Keywords

Academic freedom
Advocacy
Interestingness
Kindness
Scientific discourse
Truth

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Wright, T. A., Emich, K., Pearce, J. L., Ramoglou, S., Ashkanasy, N. M., Bartunek, J. M., Kunisch, S., Denyer, D., Foss, N. J., Klein, P. G., Town, S., Hollwitz, J., Barney, C. E., Harms, P., Munyon, T. P., Seijts, G., & Tsang, E. 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. https://doi.org/10.1177/10564926231203522

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