Reflections on the 'Realist Turn' in Organization and Management Studies

• Published in: Journal of management studies Vol. 42; no. 8; pp. 1621 - 1644
• Main Author: Reed, Michael
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.12.2005; Wiley Blackwell
• Series: Journal of Management Studies
• Subjects: Business management; Business studies; Management science; Ontology; Organization theory; Organizational structure; Social impact; Social science research; Studies

This paper has three objectives. First, to provide an exposition of the ‘realist turn’ in contemporary organization and management studies. Second, to assess the detailed implications of this incipient ‘realist turn’ for the underlying explanatory principles and practices that should inform organiza...