Rethinking the Knowledge Controversy in Organization Studies : A Generative Uncertainty Perspective (Hardcover)

Part 1. Rethinking Organization Studies 1. Generative Uncertainty. 2. Ramifications of Generative Uncertainty for Organization Studies. Part 2. Historical Factors 3. In the Shadow of Certainty: Interplay of Certainty and Uncertainty in the West. 4. Neo-institutional View of Scientism and the Organization Studies Knowledge Controversy. 5. Origins of the Knowledge Controversy in the History of Organization Studies. 6. Key Themes in the Debate about Orthodox Science in the Study of Organizations. 7. Organization Scholars’ Responses to the Breakdown of Orthodoxy. Part 3. Alternatives 8. Alternative Approaches for the Knowledge Controversy. Part 4. Letting Go 9. Letting Go of Misguided Attempts to Emulate Physics. 10. Letting Go of Agonism. 11. Toward Post-Agonistic Communication: Conversation in Organization Studies Part 5. Conclusion 12. Generative Uncertainty.