Where constructionism and critical realism converge: Interrogating the domain of epistemological relativism

Organization Studies

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 27-46

  Al Amoudi, Ismael ^a   Willmott, Hugh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

constructionism; critical realism; epistemology; methodology; ontology; paradigms; relativism

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951937598     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: 17413044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840610394293     Document Type: Article

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