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1. Topics and Reading List for serious Theory Studies
©2010 by Professor Yender McLEE, Aug 24
*Theme 1: Knowledge! Knowledge! Knowledge in knowledge economy! Theory!
Theory! Theory! What is theory in etymology and academia?
theism/atheism/thesis; Theoria/theosis in theology and apotheosis; Ph.D. versus DBA
from Th.D.; theory in Latin, English or Mandarin? gnosis=knowledge of God or
gods or saints; sagacity of 7 knowledge levels; How to heal himself (Allen Lee
on PhD in IS) See more Theory-on-Sale DM and A holder@YouTube named as
theory-Q+q-research http://www.youtube.com/my_playlists?
p=AD9DAD1A8B51DF35 ;
YouTube search on “theory” “Ph.D.” theory as fashion brandname; a band; PhD as a
band; as a comic. See more on study notes on the plurk, you can search by
INK4tw and theory.
http://www.plurk.com/psearch#q=INK4tw+theory
*Theme 2: Is theory change equal to paradigm(s) shift?
Quotations of Theory of Knowledge online Yahoo! INK group.
World view 1 of scientists ([epistemology], ontology, methodology and
axiology)===> world view 2 (…)
*Theme 3: Interplay of theory and method? Co-evolution of theoria versus praxis
Academica (Cicero, BC 80) in Latin and English; IB scholarship and ranking
(Harzing, ); Rasing stars (Starbuck); theory, praxeology, teleology and
methodology, axiology;
*Theme 4: How to prove or justify a theory? Citation as effortful voting (Omega)?
ProvenModels.org 60+ or AIS theory 100+; justification by faith or citation process;
vote by hand/feet/dollar/citation;
*Theme 5: What and How to publish a theory paper with some propositions?
AMR editor-Kilduff (2006);
Chapter of [Critical] Literature Review of (Easterby-Smith et al., 2008) Management
Research; Schopenfauer (1813) fourhold roots of sufficient reason; Goethe’s
Faust; Kant’s [first] critical philosophy [theory] of pure reason; Comte positivist
and Kuhn’s paradigm shift. 歌德; 康德; 孔德與孔恩 (浮士德; 路德)
*K1: What is a SSCI-SCI journal? How to download for datamining into
knowledge©? Data structure of the database; What is major benefit of INK-
SSCI-SCI model?
Read so much LESS but know so much MORE (SaveonFood More Card);
*K2: Tag cloud [change] by Tag Crowd® of INK keywords as theory change
How to define, confine and refine to fine your major field in a discipline?
*K3: Timeline from Top 100 seeing sociology, history then philosophy of science or
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*K4: How to write a literature overview then review paper after INK paper?
Critical review[/theory] of related literature; The chapter of management research
textbook (Easterby-Smith et al., 2008). YouTube holder of theory-Q+q-research
*K5: Publish or Perish® along with Google Scholar citation
Harzing.com and IB scholarship and 50 years (Adler and Harzing, AMLE2009);
K6: How to write a theory paper with some proposition after INK paper?
Reading List
 Professor Keith Rollag’s Stanford notes 300+ versus Professor Cavaratta’s
INSEAD summary 900+ …Toward a CJCU INK 101+ summary and idea for your
specifically?
http://faculty.babson.edu/krollag/org_site/toc.html ; http://ot.cavarretta.com/index.htm
[R1] Dery-R and Toulouse-JM (1996) Social Structuration of the Field of
Entrepreneurship: A Case Study, Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences
13(4): 285-305.
*Alder-N and Harzing-W (2009) When Knowledge Wins: Transcending the Sense
and Nonsense of Academic Rankings, Academy of Management Learning and
Education 8(1): 72-95.
[R2] Pfeffer-J (1993) Barriers to the Advance of Organization Science: Paradigm as
Dependent Variable, Academy of Management Review 18(4): 599-620.
*Lewis-MW and Grimes-AJ (1999) Metatriangulation: Building Theory from
Multiple Paradigms, Academy of Management Review 24(4): 672-690.
*Van Maanen-J (1995) Style as Theory, Organization Science 6(1): 133-143.
*Pfeffer-J (1995) Mortality, Reproducibility and the Persistence of Styles of Theory,
Organization Science 6(6): 681-686.
[R3] Sutton-RI and Staw-BM (1995) What Theory is not. Administrative Science
Quarterly 40(3): 371-384.
[R4] Weick-KE (1995) What Theory is not, Theorizing is. Administrative Science
Quarterly 40(3): 385-390.
*DiMaggio-PJ (1995) Comments on “What Theory is not.” Administrative Science
Quarterly 40(3): 391-397.
*Weick-KE (1989) Theory Construction as Disciplined Imagination, Academy of
Management Review 14(4): 516-531.
[R5] Whetten-DA (1989) What Constitute a Theoretical Contribution? Academy of
Management Review 14(4): 490-495.
* Eisenhardt-KM (1989) Building Theory from Case Study Research. Academy of
Management Review 14(4): 532-550.
*[R6] Eisenhardt-KM and Graebner-M (2007) Theory Building from Cases:
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3. Opportunities and Challenges, Academy of Management Journal 50(1): 25-32.
*Kilduff-M (2006) Editor’s Comments: Publishing Theory. Academy of Management
Review 32(1): 252-255.
*[R7] Kilduff-M (2007) Celebrating Thirty Years of Theory Publishing in AMR:
Award-Winning Articles from the First Two Decades Revisited, Academy of
Management Review 32(2): 332-333.
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