Theorizing as scholarly meaning-making practice: The value of a pragmatist theory of theorizing

IF 2 4区 管理学 Q3 MANAGEMENT
Alexander Styhre
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Abstract

Theorizing is widely recognized as a key activity or process in scholarly research work. In many cases, theorizing is assumed to be part of the scholar’s analytical capacity, but there is a shortage of comprehensive explanations for how theorizing as practice actually generates the intersubjective meaning that is the primary purpose of using theory to describe and explain the empirical material. Drawing on pragmatist analytical philosophy and the idea that meaning is intersubjectively constituted within the semantics of everyday language, being accessible to all humans sharing a language, this article formulates a theory of theorizing that does not stop with the affirmative account that theorizing is a process that is contingent on personal beliefs and preferences. A theory of theorizing needs to provide a plausible ground for how empirical materials are described on basis of vocabularies that gradually shift from being more closely related to an everyday use of vernacular language, to more technically oriented descriptions that include theoretical concepts and categories. Based on these premises, preferably to be further developed, a theory of theorizing that demystifies how theory is introduced when analyzing empirical data is presented.

作为学术意义创造实践的理论化:实用主义理论化理论的价值
理论化被广泛认为是学术研究工作中的一个关键活动或过程。在许多情况下,理论化被认为是学者分析能力的一部分,但缺乏对作为实践的理论化如何产生主体间意义的全面解释,而主体间意义是使用理论来描述和解释经验材料的主要目的。借鉴实用主义分析哲学以及意义是在日常语言的语义中主体间构成的观点,并为所有共享语言的人所理解,本文阐述了一种理论化理论,该理论并不止步于肯定的说法,即理论化是一个取决于个人信仰和偏好的过程。一个理论化的理论需要提供一个合理的基础,说明如何在词汇的基础上描述经验材料,这些词汇逐渐从与当地语言的日常使用更密切相关转变为更以技术为导向的描述,包括理论概念和类别。基于这些前提(最好是进一步发展),提出了一种理论化理论,该理论揭示了在分析经验数据时如何引入理论。
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4.00
自引率
10.00%
发文量
36
审稿时长
71 days
期刊介绍: The Scandinavian Journal of Management (SJM) provides an international forum for innovative and carefully crafted research on different aspects of management. We promote dialogue and new thinking around theory and practice, based on conceptual creativity, reasoned reflexivity and contextual awareness. We have a passion for empirical inquiry. We promote constructive dialogue among researchers as well as between researchers and practitioners. We encourage new approaches to the study of management and we aim to foster new thinking around management theory and practice. We publish original empirical and theoretical material, which contributes to understanding management in private and public organizations. Full-length articles and book reviews form the core of the journal, but focused discussion-type texts (around 3.000-5.000 words), empirically or theoretically oriented, can also be considered for publication. The Scandinavian Journal of Management is open to different research approaches in terms of methodology and epistemology. We are open to different fields of management application, but narrow technical discussions relevant only to specific sub-fields will not be given priority.
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