Point-Counterpoints
Welcome to Point–Counterpoints, where we showcase dynamic debates shaping the future of management and organisation research.
What You’ll Find Here
Each post in this section:
Tackles a pressing issue or controversy in the field
Presents contrasting perspectives from leading scholars
Encourages critical reflection and scholarly dialogue
Recent Contributions
Browse the latest entries below to explore how researchers are challenging assumptions, proposing new frameworks, and responding to emerging trends.
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Social Media as a Threat to Democracy
How should management scholars understand the relationship between social media platforms and democratic society? This...Continue reading→
Abductive Reasoning in Management Studies: Strengths, Limitations and Future Possibilities
Debates about theorizing in management and organization studies have at their core the question of...Continue reading→
Varieties of Socialism: Moving Entrepreneurship Scholarship & Education Forward From a Different Lens
In an increasingly multipolar world, this Point–Counterpoint debate discusses the imperative for Management and Organization Studies (MOS)...Continue reading→
Strategy and Climate Change
To effectively tackle climate change, the strategic management enterprise needs to fundamentally reinvent itself. In...Continue reading→
Agency Theory and Self-Determination Theory
Agency theory and self-determination theory have contrasting assumptions about what motivates human beings and, accordingly,...Continue reading→
Climate Change and the Politics of System-Level Change: The Challenges of Moving beyond Incremental Transformation
Achieving system-level change for climate transitions is needed, and incremental efforts are widely considered insufficient....Continue reading→
What Is the Future of Future Making in Management Research?
Future making, the work of enacting the yet-to-come by making sense of and giving form...Continue reading→
Prescriptive Theorizing
Descriptive and prescriptive theorizing are two sides of the same coin and fundamentally complementary, if...Continue reading→
Organizations, Institutions, and Symbols
The symbol is one of the key concepts in organization and management scholarship. Yet, as...Continue reading→
Big Data and Management Theory
The author teams in this Point-Counterpoint (PCP) put forward contrasting views regarding the benefits –...Continue reading→