Theorizing from Cases: Further Reflections
- Author(s)
- Eriikka Paavilainen-Mäntymäki, Rebecca Piekkari, Emmanuella Plakoyiannaki, Catherine Welch
- Abstract
Since the publication of our 2011 article, social scientists have increasingly criticized induction for not being able to explain how theory is generated from case data and offered alternatives such as abduction, which emphasizes the role of pre-existing theory and the non-linear nature of theorizing processes. Inductive theory building is no longer seen as the only option—narrative or process-based theorizing, thick description, Qualitative Comparative Analysis are viable alternatives, because they combine contextualization with causal explanation.
- Organisation(s)
- External organisation(s)
- University of Turku, Aalto University, The University of Sydney, Hanken School of Economics, University of Leeds
- Pages
- 229-231
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22113-3_11
- Publication date
- 2020
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 502016 SME-research
- Keywords
- Portal url
- https://ucris.univie.ac.at/portal/en/publications/theorizing-from-cases-further-reflections(65c7536b-4e4c-4b96-ba04-83e9d5049290).html