Cultivating insightful theory-building in qualitative research

Q1 Business, Management and Accounting
Ewald Kibler , Eero Vaara , Lauri Laine
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We have witnessed a proliferation of theory-building qualitative research in entrepreneurship and management studies over the past two decades. While this overall trend is worth celebrating, we argue that it is time to pause and reflect on the broader theoretical and practical impact of this body of work. Although methodological sophistication and the use of structured templates have enhanced rigor, the theoretical models generated through qualitative inquiry are rarely revisited or extended in subsequent research or practice. Thus, we suggest moving beyond the production of ‘stand-alone’ theoretical models toward what we call insightful theory-building, a mode of inquiry that prioritizes the development of clear, actionable insights that others can build upon, thereby enabling stepwise, cumulative theory development. To support this shift, we offer seven interrelated development strategies: clarifying, zooming in, connecting, situating, sharing, countering, and experimenting. These strategies are intended to foster more substantive, reflexive, and generative theorizing within qualitative research in entrepreneurship and management studies.
培养在质性研究中有见地的理论建构
在过去的二十年里,我们目睹了创业和管理研究中理论建设定性研究的激增。虽然这一总体趋势值得庆祝,但我们认为是时候停下来反思这一工作的更广泛的理论和实践影响了。虽然方法的复杂性和结构化模板的使用增强了严谨性,但通过定性调查产生的理论模型在随后的研究或实践中很少被重新审视或扩展。因此,我们建议超越“独立”理论模型的生产,转向我们所谓的有洞察力的理论构建,这是一种探究模式,优先考虑其他人可以建立的清晰,可操作的见解的发展,从而实现逐步累积的理论发展。为了支持这一转变,我们提出了七个相互关联的发展战略:澄清、放大、连接、定位、共享、反击和试验。这些策略的目的是在企业家精神和管理研究的定性研究中培养更实质性、反思性和生成性的理论。
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Journal of Business Venturing Insights
Journal of Business Venturing Insights Business, Management and Accounting-Business and International Management
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