Critique and Theory Building: Producing Knowledge "From the Kitchen"
- 1 July 1992
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Academy of Management in Academy of Management Review
- Vol. 17 (3) , 582-606
- https://doi.org/10.2307/258724
Abstract
Discussion of what constitutes "good" scholarly critique in organizational studies usually emphasizes procedural issues. The values guiding critique are seldom discussed. This article characterizes current critical practices as an "ethic of judgment" and draws from feminist theory to suggest the possibility of critique informed by an "ethic of care." The purpose of this comparison is to draw attention to the important role the values that structure critique play in the development of organization theory.This publication has 10 references indexed in Scilit:
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