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posted on 2014-06-06, 08:31 authored by Howard Thomas, Alex WilsonWe reflect on the key debates and controversies that face business schools and
management research. This paper frames the core debates in terms of organizational
legitimacy as a lens through which to analyse the rapid rise and development of business
schools in the UK. The production of management knowledge straddles the precarious
divide between academic rigour and practical relevance. We argue that the conflicting
sources of legitimacy could be undermining the international research competitiveness
of UK schools and that a far-reaching review of management education and research is
necessary.
History
School
- Business and Economics
Department
- Business
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BRITISH JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENTVolume
22Issue
3Pages
443 - 456 (14)Citation
THOMAS, H. and WILSON, A.D., 2011. 'Physics Envy', cognitive legitimacy or practical relevance: dilemmas in the evolution of management research in the UK. British Journal of Management, 22 (3), pp. 443 - 456.Publisher
© The Author(s) British Journal of Management © British Academy of Management. Published by Blackwell Publishing Ltd.Version
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
Publication date
2011Notes
This article was published in the British Journal of Management and the definitive version is available at: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-8551.2011.00766.x/pdfISSN
1045-3172Publisher version
Language
- en