The positivist paradigm and the arranged positivist paradigm: literature review

Abstract

The epistemological posture of management sciences is an essential step in the development of scientific research work, generally, in different sciences, and particularly, in the study of management practices. At the level of the literature, there is a panoply of epistemological paradigms to which researchers can refer. In the context of our article, we are only interested in two research paradigms, which are positivism and developed positivism.

This article will first define research in management science and its stages. Then, he will present an analysis of two paradigms, namely positivism through its functionalities (nature of knowledge, production and status of knowledge as well as the mode of reasoning), and critical realism under the name of post positivism under its different characteristics.

The interest of our article is to shed light on researchers in management science, so as to present in a synthetic way the postures adopted in management science, namely: positivism and developed positivism. It also aims to identify the necessary elements that the researcher will choose for the appropriate epistemological choice and the mode of reasoning to defend his choice and place himself in an appropriate research architecture.

Keywords : epistemology, paradigm, positivism, post positivism, management science

Classification JEL : B41

Paper type : Theoretical Research