“An A Is An A”: Design Thinking and Our Desired Future
从设计思维视角出发，针对管理学领域对“A就是A”式研究分类与价值评估的不满，提出构建更理想未来的方法，包括明确衡量研究绩效、协调内外部利益相关者利益，并强调领导层的积极参与。
Original article: Aguinis, H., Cummings, C., Ramani, R., and Cummings, T., “An A is an A:” The New Bottom Line for Valuing Academic Research, https://doi.org/10.5465/amp.2017.0193We adopt a design-thinking perspective and focus not only on what is but on what can be. In the context of the current dissatisfaction in the management field regarding the “An A is an A” way of categorizing and valuing research, design thinking involves creating a more desirable future. In this more desirable future, we will be able to (a) more clearly define and measure research performance, (b) consider and align the interests of internal and external stakeholders, and (c) do this through the active involvement of leadership in our field. We describe knowledge that management scholars have created to enable us to turn this more desirable future into a reality.