Session 05: Building a Theory - Part 1

Topics

What is your answer to your research question?

1. Conceiving a theory

2. Constructing the theory

3. Justifying the theory

Video Clip

• Theory Creation Part 1

  • House TV Show example of abductive reasoning (Jump to minutes 36:41 to 40:05 to view example)

• Abductive Theory Creation

Reading

• • Van de Ven, Engaged Scholarship, Chapter 4

  • Supplementary Readings

    • Weick, "Theory construction as disciplined imagination," AMR, 1989.

    • Poole & Van de Ven, "Using Paradox to Build ... Theories,” AMR 1989.

  • Saetre & Van de Ven, “Generating Theory By Abduction,” 2021

Notes

• Class slides on Theory Creation

Exercise

• What is going on in this picture?

• Complete this worksheet on creating a theory

Submit your questions/comments about video lectures and readings for Session 6, Theory Creation