AMR Origins Series - Episode 21 - Stewart Clegg, Miguel Pina e Cunha & Marco Berti

******* Article link:
https://journals.aom.org/doi/10.5465/amr.2018.0466


Welcome to the Academy of Management Review's Origins Series,
where we ask, "Where does theory come from?" in order to
demystify the theory-building process. In this interview series,
authors of forthcoming AMR articles discuss how they got the
ideas for their papers, and share their process for developing
new theory in the field of management. In this episode, Stewart
Clegg and Mario Berti discuss their forthcoming article titled
"Research Movements and Theorizing Dynamics In Management and
Organization Studies."


Article Abstract: "In this article we propose a conceptual model
of the processes that regulate theory selection and retention in
Management and Organization Studies. Considering the many sources
of theoretical variety that characterize our field, what requires
explanation is both the proliferation of theories as well as the
decline of some schools of thought. We argue that research
programs (ordered sequences of theories) lose momentum when the
research movements that develop and maintain them fail to attend
to some organizing priorities. By conceptualizing theorizing as
form of organizing, we describe how research movements
dynamically arrange sociomaterial elements (grammars, thought
styles, material artefacts and empirical craft), arguing that
their sustainability depends on their capacity effectively to
navigate the paradoxical tensions that derive from these
organizing efforts."