@article{939931,
      recid = {939931},
      author = {Bowden, Bradley,},
      title = {Work, Wealth, and Postmodernism : the Intellectual  Conflict at the Heart of Business Endeavour /},
      pages = {1 online resource (XXI, 341 pages 42 illustrations) :},
      abstract = {This work examines the rise of postmodernism in management  scholarship and argues that the prevalence of postmodernist  thought reflects a lack of understanding by management  researchers of the core principles upon which Western  business endeavour is based. The author highlights  postmodernism's methodological and conceptual failings,  such as disbelief in material progress and economic  advancement, and its denial of generalizable laws to direct  management research. In its place, the author proposes a  return to traditional modernist principles in management  research, based on scientific evidence. This ground  breaking, timely work will spark debate and challenge  previously accepted claims of postmodernism, a nice retort  to the anti-business/anti-capitalist literature now  prevalent in academia.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/939931},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76180-0},
}