Theoretical explanation, understanding and prediction in management studies

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to question whether the management studies is rigorous and/or relevant is a recurrent debate in the discipline. There is reason to believe that this dichotomy is simplistic as relevance is a consequence of rigor (defined in a variety of ways in the literature), whereas the epistemic value of rigor must per se be examined in more detail. Design/methodology/approach Drawing on the study of the analytical...