Enlarging the Strategy-as-Practice Research Agenda: Towards Taller and Flatter Ontologies
基于《组织研究》期刊的论文，探讨如何将战略作为实践研究中的局部活动与更大社会现象更有效连接，提出避免微观孤立主义的理论方法和研究指南。
Taking perspectives from papers published previously in Organization Studies, we argue for progress in strategy-as-practice research through more effective linking of ‘local’ strategizing activity with ‘larger’ social phenomena. We introduce a range of theoretical approaches capable of incorporating larger-scale phenomena and countering what we term ‘micro-isolationism’, the tendency to explain local activities in their own terms. Organizing the theories according to how far they lean towards either tall or flat ontologies, we outline their respective strengths and weaknesses. Against this background, we develop three broad guidelines that can help protect against empirical micro-isolationism and thereby extend the scope of strategy-as-practice research.