“…In their exploratory analysis, McGoun (1992), Kavous Ardalan (2000Ardalan ( , 2001Ardalan ( , 2003Ardalan ( , 2004Ardalan ( , 2007, Gendron and Smith-Lacroix (2015), find that core of finance research (Theories, PhD program, Conferences, Journals) lack diversity in paradigms and is dominated by the functionalist paradigm.…”