Rethinking the philosophical and theoretical foundations of organizational neuroscience

A critical realist alternative

Datos Bibliográficos

ID9889754
AutoresMark P Healey (0000-0001-7038-1679, University of Manchester, autor de correspondencia), Gerard P Hodgkinson (0000-0003-4824-4920, University of Warwick)
Año2014
Volumen67
Número7
Páginas765-792
Fecha de publicación2014-07-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaHuman Relations (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0018-7267 • E-ISSN: 1741-282X
EditorialSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0018726714530014
OpenAlexW2158891432
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas15
Referencias citadas128

Stimulated by the growing use of brain imaging and related neurophysiological techniques in psychology and economics, scholars have begun to debate the implications of neuroscience for management and organization studies (MOS). Currently, this debate is polarizing scholarly opinion. At one extreme, advocates are calling for a new neuroscience of organizations, which they claim will revolutionize understanding of a wide range of key processes, with significant implications for management practice. At the other extreme, detractors are decrying the relevance of neuroscience for MOS, primarily on philosophical and ethical grounds. The present article progresses this debate by outlining an intermediate, critical realist position, in which the insights of social neuroscience are one of a number of convergent building blocks that together point toward the need for a more embodied and socially situated view of cognition in management and organizations

Cognition · Cognitive science · Critical management studies · Embodied cognition · Epistemology · Neuroeconomics · Neuroethics · Organization studies · Political science · Relevance (law · Situated · Social cognition · Social neuroscience · Social science · Sociology · Action Observation and Synchronization · Cognitive Neuroscience · Computer Science · Critical Realism in Sociology · Management and Organizational Studies · Neuroscience · Philosophy · Psychology