TY - UNPB
T1 - On Synthesis of Relevance and Rigor
T2 - A Critique of Freek Vermeulen’s Solution
AU - Li, Xin
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - This paper presents a critique of Freek Vermeulen’s synthesis of rigor and relevance in management research, and argues (1) at the first glance, Vermeulen’s papers are very appealing; (2) but with a closer scrutiny, we can unveil the weak and shaky foundations of his argument; (3) as a consequence, his solution of ‘adding a second loop’ to make management research meet dual needs of rigor and relevance is illusory and merely an applied science fiction; (4) and finally, there are two real contributions of his papers to the irrelevance debate, but they are not like what we might have thought.
AB - This paper presents a critique of Freek Vermeulen’s synthesis of rigor and relevance in management research, and argues (1) at the first glance, Vermeulen’s papers are very appealing; (2) but with a closer scrutiny, we can unveil the weak and shaky foundations of his argument; (3) as a consequence, his solution of ‘adding a second loop’ to make management research meet dual needs of rigor and relevance is illusory and merely an applied science fiction; (4) and finally, there are two real contributions of his papers to the irrelevance debate, but they are not like what we might have thought.
M3 - Working paper
T3 - Working Paper / Department of International Economics and Management, Copenhagen Business School
BT - On Synthesis of Relevance and Rigor
PB - Department of International Economics and Management, Copenhagen Business School
CY - Frederiksberg
ER -