Fallible Inquiry with Ethical Ends-in-View: A Pragmatist Philosophy of Science for Organizational Research

Organization Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 537-563

  Martela, Frank ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

abduction; fallibilism; pragmatism; research ethics; research methodology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927754071     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: 17413044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840614559257     Document Type: Article

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