Determinants and Development of Schools in Organization Theory

McKinley, William; Mone, Mark A.; Moon, Gyewan

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“…Centripetal forces enable centrifugal forces and vice versa, enabling an interplay between existing and new knowledge vital for the 'disciplined imagination' of theory development (Weick, 1989). Ultimately, we argue that balancing continuity and novelty will further increase paradox research's scope on its way to becoming a school of thought in organization theory (McKinley et al, 1999).…”

Section: Navigating Paradoxes In Paradox Theorymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Indeed, understanding centripetal and centrifugal forces and their interplay can help surface and open the remaining 'black boxes' of paradox theory. And even a mature school of thought should never go unchallenged, but rather benefits from both continuity (centripetal forces) and novelty (centrifugal forces) (McKinley, Mone, and Moon, 1999).…”

Section: Attributed To Niels Bohrmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Quo vadis, paradox? Centripetal and centrifugal forces in theory development

Schad

Lewis

Smith

2018

Strategic Organization

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Organizations increasingly face contradictory goals, multiple stakeholder expectations, and pluralistic missions that surface and intensify competing demands. Paradox theory offers a lens to understand and engage these tensions. Yet as research adopting a paradox lens continues to grow, scholars warn that its success could advance a dominant logic, which will ultimately hinder conceptual development and result in its downfall. We suggest that scholars can avoid this denigration by embracing theory development's driving forces; centripetal forces that define and buffer a conceptual core and centrifugal forces aimed at challenging the core and extending its boundaries. Although these forces' directions diverge, we depict these dual forces as paradoxical -contradictory and fundamentally interdependent. That is, we explore paradoxical forces of theory development to understand the development of paradox theory. We offer means to use, balance, and leverage these insights to help surface the black boxes in paradox research.

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Section: Navigating Paradoxes In Paradox Theorymentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Attributed To Niels Bohrmentioning

confidence: 99%

Quo vadis, paradox? Centripetal and centrifugal forces in theory development

Schad

Lewis

Smith

2018

Strategic Organization

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“…These mechanisms can also be responsible for diffusion beyond the frontiers of the components, since the reputation achieved by certain researchers, in addition to the fact that they are also the most cited, make them gatekeepers for the development of new works. Additionally, they can bring legitimacy to these studies, establishing a contact with knowledge that is already recognized and considered valid (McKinley, Mone, & Moon, 1999).…”

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Organizational institutionalism in the academic field in Brazil: social dynamics and networks

Filho

Machado-da-Silva

Gonçalves³

2010

Rev. adm. contemp.

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RESUMOEste artigo é baseado no pressuposto de que a construção do conhecimento científico é um processo social caracterizado pela dinâmica recursiva entre as dimensões social e intelectual. À luz desta afirmação, investigamos como a construção da perspectiva institucional é delineada no âmbito dos estudos organizacionais no Brasil entre os anos de 1993 e 2007. O estudo é baseado em uma pesquisa documental de artigos publicados em revistas científicas e em eventos acadêmicos. Para este fim, analisamos as redes sociais e os indicadores bibliométricos utilizados para mapear as relações de cooperação entre pesquisadores e o arcabouço intelectual, com base nos autores citados. Os resultados mostram a influência das relações sociais no processo de construção do conhecimento científico. Os resultados revelam que a expansão do campo é baseada na elaboração de crescimento de uma organização social, com laços estreitos com as atividades de pesquisadores continuantes e transitórios. Estas circunstâncias denotam tanto a estratificação da produção quanto as relações entre autores, uma vez que os pesquisadores continuantes e transitórios são responsáveis pela intermediação das relações e da consolidação da produção no campo acadêmico sob análise. Os resultados também revelam uma dinâmica secundária das atividades de investigadores localizados na margem da rede e a presença de pesquisadores brasileiros, entre os autores mais citados, uma indicação de uma legítima base intelectual local.Palavras-chave: teoria institucional; estudos organizacionais; conhecimento científico; rede social; análise bibliométrica. ABSTRACTThis article is based on the assumption that the construction of scientific knowledge is a social process characterized by the recursive dynamic between the social and intellectual dimensions. In light of this statement, we investigated how the construction of the institutional perspective is delineated in the context of organizational studies in Brazil from 1993 to 2007. The study is based on documentary research of articles published in scientific journals and at academic events. For this purpose, we analyzed social networks and used bibliometric indicators in order to map the cooperation relationships between researchers and intellectual framework, based on the cited authors. The results show the influence of social relationships in the process of constructing scientific knowledge. The findings reveal that the expansion of the field is based on the growing elaboration of a social organization with close links to the activities of continuant and transient researchers. These circumstances denote the stratification both of production and the relationships between authors, since continuant and transient researchers are responsible for the intermediation of relations and the consolidation of production in the academic field that is being analyzed. The findings also reveal a secondary dynamic of the activities of researchers located on the margin of the network and the presence of Brazilian researchers among the most c...

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“…The acceptance and spread of new paradigms or schools of thought depends on their balance between continuity and novelty, as well as their scope (McKinley, Mone, & Moon, 1999). We argue that the institution-based view has these attributes, thus propelling its rise to become a paradigm.…”

Section: Reaching For a Paradigmmentioning

confidence: 99%

Theoretical Foundations

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Determinants and Development of Schools in Organization Theory

Cited by 111 publications

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Quo vadis, paradox? Centripetal and centrifugal forces in theory development

Quo vadis, paradox? Centripetal and centrifugal forces in theory development

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