Perspective—Making Doubt Generative
Rethinking the Role of Doubt in the Research Process
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23356552 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Karen Locke (0000-0001-6565-8143, Mason School of Business, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23185), Karen Golden-Biddle (Boston University), Karen Golden‐Biddle (0000-0002-3903-8423, Boston University), Martha S Feldman (0000-0003-1327-2032, Department of Planning, Policy, and Design, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92697-7075) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 907-918 |
| Publication date | 2008-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Organization Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1047-7039 • E-ISSN: 1526-5455 |
| Publisher | Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1287/orsc.1080.0398 |
| OpenAlex | W2092302196 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 114 |
| References cited | 39 |
In this paper, we want to shift the attention of our scholarly community to the living condition of doubt and its underappreciated significance for the theorizing process. Drawing on Peirce's notion of abduction, we articulate the relationship between doubt and belief in the everyday imaginative work central to theorizing, and establish the role played by doubt as abduction's engine in these efforts. We propose three strategic principles for engaging and using doubt in the research process. In concluding, we explore our field's overemphasis on validation to the exclusion of discovery processes and to the detriment of excellence in theorizing. We call for a broadening of our notions of “methodology” to incorporate discovery processes and to begin their explication.
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| Unique citing works | 114 |
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| Citation span | 2009 - 2026 (18) |
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