Organizational Research as Practical Theology
提出将实践神学作为组织研究的一种方法,通过经验数据、社会理论和神学传统的反复互动,揭示研究和管理中的神学假设,并提出世俗视角无法触及的建设性批判主张。
Secularism is a prevailing norm for scholarly organizational research, yet the post-secular turn in philosophy provides an opening for researchers to work from theological perspectives and inquire into organizational topics of theological concern. This study introduces practical theology as a method for pursuing organizational research. This method involves iterative, mutual engagement with empirical data, social theories, and theological traditions. Research done as practical theology can contribute to advancing organization theory and management practice by promoting awareness of theological assumptions operating in research and organizations and by motivating constructive and critical proposals that are unreachable from a secular perspective.