Purpose – The objective of this article is to describe processes of substantiations and contributions across contexts and over time through theory building towards theory in business research. Design/methodology/approach – The article provides a seed for discussion, debate and consideration...

Purpose – This paper aims to outline some of the social, cultural, political and economic conditions in which four of only seven women who have become rectors of public universities in Vietnam. Their experiences are described with a focus on the context of Vietnam in order to focus more...

Purpose – The central purpose of the research presented in this paper is to synthesize the current state of the field in qualitative methods in international organizational change research and to provide a call to researchers to use this type of methodology more frequently. The intent is to...

Abductive and retroductive inference are innovative tools of analysis which enable researchers to refine and redevelop social theory. This paper describes and demonstrates how to apply these tools to strengthen sociological theory-driven empirical research outputs. To illustrate how abductive...

Complaints about the value of academic business research in addressing real world issues are common. A change in research paradigms—from significant difference to significant sameness—is necessary to improve this situation. The present paper challenges research orthodoxy as representing poor...