Research Note: The Incompatibility of Comparisons: Comparative Studies of Organizations and the Cumulation of Scientific Knowledge
指出组织社会学中不同比较研究之间常存在不兼容性，阻碍了科学知识的有效积累，并提出通过理论层面的概念可译性而非方法标准化来解决。
If comparability is a prerequisite to statements about similarities/dissimilarities between objects, then the compatibility of comparative analyses is a prerequisite for a cumulative picture of the findings of many studies which are treated jointly. This issue is important because, although no single study solves all of the problems of organizational sociology, the results of several such studies together could significantly contribute to the development of theory. However, due to mutual incompatibility, the cumulation of scientific knowledge of organizations does not occur to the extent that the growing number of empirical studies would imply. This article presents some preliminary exemplifications of a technique for detecting incompatibilities. It is suggested that a satisfactory solution to the problem of incompatibility may be found not in the standardization of research methods but in the translatability of research concepts at a theoretical level.