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The action-oriented approach and case study method in management studies

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  • Pihlanto, Pekka

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Although the case study method has become increasingly popular in management studies, it does not always seem to be properly understood: researchers have not fully clarified for themselves the scientific approach they are using, although it greatly controls the realization of a study. This article focuses on action-oriented or hermeneutic case studies. The subjectivist nature of this approach and its effect on the conduct of a case study are stressed, in order to distinguish it from its methodological antithesis, the nomothetical case study. Certain hierarchical relations between the relevant subjectivist social science assumptions are suggested as a further way of helping researchers to internalize the essentially actorcentric nature of action-oriented (hermeneutic) case studies.

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  • Pihlanto, Pekka, 1994. "The action-oriented approach and case study method in management studies," Scandinavian Journal of Management, Elsevier, vol. 10(4), pages 369-382, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:scaman:v:10:y:1994:i:4:p:369-382
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