Why and how do theory groups get ahead in organization studies? Groundwork for a model of discursive moves Export

@article{citeulike:5802765, abstract = {This article puts forth a model of academic discourse as a set of discursive moves occurring in a three-dimensional space (substantive, methodological and conceptual). The model is used to make sense of the dynamics of the intellectual landscape of organizational research, and to answer the question: When different theory groups (groups of scholars sharing a common set of discursive commitments) vie to explain a particular phenomenon or solve a problem relevant to the study of organizations, which -- if any -- is likely to become dominant in the literature and why? The article applies the model primarily to competitive interactions among certain types of theory groups. However, the article also shows how the model can be applied to understand both competitive and non-competitive interactions among theory groups, and both teleological and communicative intentions on the part of the movers. 10.1177/1476127009341625}, author = {Moldoveanu, Mihnea}, citeulike-article-id = {5802765}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1476127009341625}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://soq.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/7/3/235}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1177/1476127009341625}, journal = {Strategic Organization}, keywords = {discursive, groundwork, groups, how, model, moves, organization, studies, theory, why}, month = {August}, number = {3}, pages = {235--276}, posted-at = {2009-09-18 16:57:27}, priority = {3}, title = {Why and how do theory groups get ahead in organization studies? Groundwork for a model of discursive moves}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1476127009341625}, volume = {7}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5802765 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5802765 N2 - This article puts forth a model of academic discourse as a set of discursive moves occurring in a three-dimensional space (substantive, methodological and conceptual). The model is used to make sense of the dynamics of the intellectual landscape of organizational research, and to answer the question: When different theory groups (groups of scholars sharing a common set of discursive commitments) vie to explain a particular phenomenon or solve a problem relevant to the study of organizations, which -- if any -- is likely to become dominant in the literature and why? The article applies the model primarily to competitive interactions among certain types of theory groups. However, the article also shows how the model can be applied to understand both competitive and non-competitive interactions among theory groups, and both teleological and communicative intentions on the part of the movers. 10.1177/1476127009341625 IS - 3 JF - Strategic Organization EP - 276 TI - Why and how do theory groups get ahead in organization studies? Groundwork for a model of discursive moves VL - 7 SP - 235 KW - discursive KW - groundwork KW - groups KW - how KW - model KW - moves KW - organization KW - studies KW - theory KW - why AU - Moldoveanu, Mihnea PY - 2009/08/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1476127009341625 ER -