Advocacy and the Search for Truth in Management Scholarship: Can the Twain Ever Meet?

Thomas A. Wright; Kyle Emich; Jone L. Pearce; Stratos Ramoglou; Neal M. Ashkanasy; Jean M. Bartunek; Sven Kunisch; David Denyer; Nicolai J. Foss; Peter G. Klein; Sophia Town; John Hollwitz; Chet Barney; Peter Harms; Timothy P. Munyon; Gerard Seijts; Eric Tsang

doi:10.1177/10564926231203522

Advocacy and the Search for Truth in Management Scholarship: Can the Twain Ever Meet?

Thomas A. Wright^*
, Kyle Emich
, Jone L. Pearce
, Stratos Ramoglou
, Neal M. Ashkanasy
, Jean M. Bartunek
, Sven Kunisch
, David Denyer
, Nicolai J. Foss
, Peter G. Klein
, Sophia Town
, John Hollwitz
, Chet Barney
, Peter Harms
, Timothy P. Munyon
, Gerard Seijts
, Eric Tsang

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Scholars have long debated the merits of advocacy-based research versus research considered from the quest for objective truth. Building upon reflections from multiple sources, a set of 11 brief reflections on three posed questions are presented. Tsang concludes our discussion with additional insights on how moving beyond the “interestingness” advocacy will be beneficial to the continued professional development of the management discipline.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	11-25
Number of pages	15
Journal	Journal of Management Inquiry
Volume	33
Issue number	1
Early online date	3 Oct 2023
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/10564926231203522
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2024

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Wright, T. A., Emich, K., Pearce, J. L., Ramoglou, S., Ashkanasy, N. M., Bartunek, J. M., Kunisch, S., Denyer, D., Foss, N. J., Klein, P. G., Town, S., Hollwitz, J., Barney, C., Harms, P., Munyon, T. P., Seijts, G., & Tsang, E. (2024). Advocacy and the Search for Truth in Management Scholarship: Can the Twain Ever Meet? Journal of Management Inquiry, 33(1), 11-25. https://doi.org/10.1177/10564926231203522

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