Book contents
- Management Studies in Crisis
- Management Studies in Crisis
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: the Crisis in Management Studies
- Chapter 1 Flawed from the Get-Go: the Early Misadventures of Management Research
- Chapter 2 How Audit Damages Research and Academic Freedom
- Chapter 3 ‘When the Levee Breaks’: Academic Life on the Brink
- Chapter 4 The Corruption of Academic Integrity
- Chapter 5 Paradise Lost but Not Regained: Retractions and Management Studies
- Chapter 6 The Triumph of Nonsense in Management Studies
- Chapter 7 Flawed Theorising, Dodgy Statistics and (In)Authentic Leadership Theory
- Chapter 8 The Promises, Problems and Paradoxes of Evidence-Based Management
- Chapter 9 Reclaiming Meaningful Research in Management Studies
- Chapter 10 Putting Zest and Purpose Back into Academic Life
- Notes
- Index
Chapter 2 - How Audit Damages Research and Academic Freedom
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 July 2019
- Management Studies in Crisis
- Management Studies in Crisis
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: the Crisis in Management Studies
- Chapter 1 Flawed from the Get-Go: the Early Misadventures of Management Research
- Chapter 2 How Audit Damages Research and Academic Freedom
- Chapter 3 ‘When the Levee Breaks’: Academic Life on the Brink
- Chapter 4 The Corruption of Academic Integrity
- Chapter 5 Paradise Lost but Not Regained: Retractions and Management Studies
- Chapter 6 The Triumph of Nonsense in Management Studies
- Chapter 7 Flawed Theorising, Dodgy Statistics and (In)Authentic Leadership Theory
- Chapter 8 The Promises, Problems and Paradoxes of Evidence-Based Management
- Chapter 9 Reclaiming Meaningful Research in Management Studies
- Chapter 10 Putting Zest and Purpose Back into Academic Life
- Notes
- Index
Summary
Concern about the quality and purpose of research in the social sciences in general and management studies in particular is now widespread. In an editorial in Organization Studies published in 2013, David Courpasson, the departing editor-in-chief, bemoaned ‘the lack of political and social relevance of much research conducted in the field’. He argued that a culture of productivity had become dominant in which publishing for its own sake was more important than what he called ‘passionate scholarship’.
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- Management Studies in CrisisFraud, Deception and Meaningless Research, pp. 34 - 59Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019