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Revisiting the criticisms of rational choice theories
Philosophy Compass, Volume 17, Issue 1, January 2022., 2022 Abstract Theories of rational choice are arguably the most prominent approaches to human behaviour in the social and behavioral sciences. At the same time, they have faced persistent criticism. In this paper, I revisit some of the core criticisms that have for a long time been levelled against them and discuss to what extent those criticisms are still ...
Catherine Herfeld
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Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Volume 44, Issue 4, Page 391-413, December 2021., 2021 Abstract The evaluation and transformation process of the GDR research system in the wake of German reunification 1989/90 was immediately accompanied not only by debates within the scientific community, but also by an extensive discussion about the value and future perspectives of East German scholarship and its protagonists in the nationally ...
Anne Kluger
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A (Re)view of the Philosophical Foundations of Strategic Management
International Journal of Management Reviews, Volume 23, Issue 2, Page 151-190, April 2021., 2021 Abstract This paper aims to review how different approaches to social inquiry (e.g. positivist, postpositivist, interpretive, postmodernist and critical theory) have been used in strategy research and how these main paradigms engage with strategy. In a fragmented domain, debates typically match paradigms to schools of thought and use the paradigm ...
Rodrigo Rabetino +2 more
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Revista Internacional de Ciencias del Deporte, 2019 There seems to be a general tendency towards the idea that mixed martial arts (MMA) are more violent than boxing. A narrative review was carried out to analyze this phenomenon from a sociological and motor praxeological point of view; moreover, an ...
Diego G. Morales-Rosillo +2 more
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Industrial Relations Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT During the first 100 days of the Trump II Administration, DEI took a body blow. Moreover, in August 2026, former professor Jason Arday's unravelling (and now tragic death) has put conjecture about DEI at the epicentre of community discourse and emboldened critics.
Anthony M. Gould +2 more
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Researching Learning in Action: Action Learning Research for Creativity and Innovation Management
Creativity and Innovation Management, Volume 35, Issue 3, Page 738-751, September 2026.ABSTRACT Creativity and innovation management involve action and learning: action to create and innovate and learning to understand so as to replicate and develop. This article explores action learning research as a methodology of relevance to creativity and innovation management scholars when inquiring and intervening with academic and practitioner co‐
Paul Coughlan, David Coghlan
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British Journal of Management, Volume 37, Issue 2, April 2026.Abstract This paper focuses on pluralistic research designs in management and organization studies. While advocates often present such approaches as a means of reconciling practical relevance with scientific rigour, their philosophical coherence remains underexplored, particularly in relation to the paradigm debates of the 1980s and 1990s. Our analysis
Nicholas Black
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Toward an Austro‐Libertarian Sociology
The American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Volume 84, Issue 5, Page 781-796, November 2025.ABSTRACT Interventionism has become a defining feature of modern societies, shaping individual behavior, economic activity, and social norms through state regulations, subsidies, and collectivist ideologies. Despite its profound impact, sociology has largely failed to critically examine the dynamics of interventionism from a praxeological standpoint in
Alexis Sémanne
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Systems Research and Behavioral Science, Volume 42, Issue 5, Page 1391-1403, September/October 2025.ABSTRACT This paper reimagines the future of systems research as an enacted cybersystemic praxis that moves beyond traditional notions of systems thinking. We argue that systems research is best understood as a reflexive, embodied and situated practice that integrates systemic sensibilities, systems literacy and capabilities in (cyber)systemic co ...
Ray Ison +5 more
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From Movement to motor action: elements for the genealogy of motricity
Educación Física y Ciencia, 2012 Originated in the concern to rethink the relationship between praxeology and physical education, this article covers some of the main categories in the studies of Physical Education in recent decades.
Raúl H. Gomez
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