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As a counter to the dominant tradition in management research, where the measurement and classification of a few variables is used to refine and test existing theory, to the neglect of theory generation, a more flexible, adaptable, and rigorous approach to the generation of both descriptive and explanatory new knowledge is offered. This scheme translates different types of reasoning into a set of logics of inquiry – inductive, deductive, abductive, and retroductive. Each logic has a characteristic starting point, steps, and end point, and is used within particular ontological assumptions. Consideration is also given to dealing with inconsistencies and contradictions between statements in bodies of knowledge. Traditional (pattern-context) driven and combinatorial (data-pattern) driven approaches to social inquiry are compared and these make possible the braiding of small-data and big-data.
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Blaikie, N., Priest, J. (2022). Management Research and Practices: Philosophies and Logics. In: Neesham, C., Reihlen, M., Schoeneborn, D. (eds) Handbook of Philosophy of Management. Handbooks in Philosophy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-76606-1_64
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