TY - CHAP
T1 - The Epistemology of Management
T2 - An Introduction
AU - Reihlen, Markus
AU - Schoeneborn, Dennis
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - The epistemological foundations of management studies have been contested throughout the history of the discipline. In this chapter, we first introduce the core of epistemology – the problem of knowledge. The problem of knowledge includes, in fact, several interrelated problems that form a system, such as: What is knowledge? Who or what has the capacity of knowing? How much can be known? What are the sources of knowing? And what knowledge is considered best? We then cluster current epistemological positions in management studies by differentiating between four epistemological orientations that differ in how the scientific statements relate to empirical reality. We refer to these orientations as (1) epistemologies of representation, (2) epistemologies of interpretation, (3) epistemologies of imagination, and (4) epistemologies of intervention. These four orientations serve as a structure to the contributions of this handbook, and also offer a novel way of mapping contemporary epistemologies in management scholarship.
AB - The epistemological foundations of management studies have been contested throughout the history of the discipline. In this chapter, we first introduce the core of epistemology – the problem of knowledge. The problem of knowledge includes, in fact, several interrelated problems that form a system, such as: What is knowledge? Who or what has the capacity of knowing? How much can be known? What are the sources of knowing? And what knowledge is considered best? We then cluster current epistemological positions in management studies by differentiating between four epistemological orientations that differ in how the scientific statements relate to empirical reality. We refer to these orientations as (1) epistemologies of representation, (2) epistemologies of interpretation, (3) epistemologies of imagination, and (4) epistemologies of intervention. These four orientations serve as a structure to the contributions of this handbook, and also offer a novel way of mapping contemporary epistemologies in management scholarship.
KW - Epistemology
KW - Knowledge
KW - Epistemologies of representation
KW - Epistemologies of interpretation
KW - Epistemologies of imagination
KW - Epistemologies of intervention
KW - Epistemology
KW - Knowledge
KW - Epistemologies of representation
KW - Epistemologies of interpertation
KW - Epistemologies of imagination
KW - Epistemologies of intervention
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-76606-1_66
DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-76606-1_66
M3 - Book chapter
SN - 9783030766054
T3 - Handbooks in Philosophy
SP - 17
EP - 37
BT - Handbook of Philosophy of Management
A2 - Neesham, Cristina
A2 - Reihlen, Markus
A2 - Schoeneborn, Dennis
PB - Springer
CY - Cham
ER -