Abstract

Why are there not more original and radical theories in organization theory? To answer this question, we consider an overreliance on "theory borrowing" from other disciplines. We identify a dominant foreign to domestic to domesticated pattern of organization and management theory building and propose that the prevalent process of one-way borrowing from outside the discipline should be counterbalanced by a two-way analogical process of conceptual blending, which involves dissonant thinking, disanalogy, and counterfactual reasoning.

Publication Type:	Article
Publisher Keywords:	ORGANIZATIONAL sociology, MANAGEMENT, ORGANIZATIONAL research, THEORY, RESEARCH -- Methodology, SOCIAL science research
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor
Departments:	Bayes Business School > Management

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