TY - JOUR
T1 - Reordering our priorities by putting phenomena before design
T2 - Escaping the straitjacket of null hypothesis significance testing
AU - Lockett, Andy
AU - Mcwilliams, Abagail
AU - Van Fleet, David
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 British Academy of Management.
PY - 2014/10/1
Y1 - 2014/10/1
N2 - In this paper we reflect on two related questions. First, how have we arrived at a position where null hypothesis significance testing is the dominant criterion employed by quantitative researchers when deciding on whether or not a result is 'significant'? Second, how might we change the practice of quantitative management research by promoting a greater plurality of methods, and in doing so better enable scholars to put phenomena before design? We conclude by arguing that quantitative management researchers need to focus on the epistemological issues surrounding the role of scholarly reasoning in justifying knowledge claims. By embracing a plurality of approaches to reasoning quantitative researchers will be better able to escape the straitjacket of null hypothesis significance testing and, in doing so, reorder their priorities by putting phenomena before design.
AB - In this paper we reflect on two related questions. First, how have we arrived at a position where null hypothesis significance testing is the dominant criterion employed by quantitative researchers when deciding on whether or not a result is 'significant'? Second, how might we change the practice of quantitative management research by promoting a greater plurality of methods, and in doing so better enable scholars to put phenomena before design? We conclude by arguing that quantitative management researchers need to focus on the epistemological issues surrounding the role of scholarly reasoning in justifying knowledge claims. By embracing a plurality of approaches to reasoning quantitative researchers will be better able to escape the straitjacket of null hypothesis significance testing and, in doing so, reorder their priorities by putting phenomena before design.
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U2 - 10.1111/1467-8551.12063
DO - 10.1111/1467-8551.12063
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84908234027
SN - 1045-3172
VL - 25
SP - 863
EP - 873
JO - British Journal of Management
JF - British Journal of Management
IS - 4
ER -