Papers by Steve Fleetwood
There are, meta-theoretically speaking, two main ways to investigate socio-economic phenomena in ... more There are, meta-theoretically speaking, two main ways to investigate socio-economic phenomena in general and the current economic crisis in particular, each one rooted in its own ontology. The first, which I refer to as `scientistic-oriented economics ´ is rooted in an ontology of atomistic, observable events and event regularities. The second, which I refer to as `political-economics´, can be rooted in an ontology which I will abbreviate to structures and mechanisms that are reproduced and transformed by human agents. This ontology has been advocated by critical realists (CRs). The version of political economy I advocate, therefore, is a critical realist-oriented political economy (CR).
Cambridge University Press eBooks, Jun 3, 2010
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HAYEK'S POLITICAL ECONOMY In a society where no central agency co-ordinates the huma... more HAYEK'S POLITICAL ECONOMY In a society where no central agency co-ordinates the human activity of producing, selling and buying, why is there order and not chaos? This fundamental question has taxed generations of economists. Hayek's notion of spontaneous order goes ...
Routledge eBooks, Dec 2, 1999
Routledge eBooks, May 23, 2022
Forum for Social Economics, 2014
This post-disciplinary article goes beyond orthodox labour economics and combines insights from t... more This post-disciplinary article goes beyond orthodox labour economics and combines insights from the 'socio-economics of labour markets' (SELM), and critical realism (CR), to develop a SELM CR perspective which is then used to create an alternative conception of labour market institutions and an alternative model of labour markets-i.e. the SELM CR model.
... Login |, The ontology of organisation and management studies: A critical realist approach. Fl... more ... Login |, The ontology of organisation and management studies: A critical realist approach. Fleetwood, Steve (2005) The ontology of organisation and management studies: A critical realist approach. Organization, 12 (2). pp. 197-222. ISSN 1350-5084. ...
Routledge eBooks, Sep 2, 2003
Stephen Ackroyd is Professor of Organisational Analysis in Lancaster University Management School... more Stephen Ackroyd is Professor of Organisational Analysis in Lancaster University Management School. His main academic interest is in the ways organisations (both public and private) mediate social and economic power. He has written and ...
Forum for Social Economics, Oct 21, 2014
This post-disciplinary article goes beyond orthodox labour economics and combines insights from t... more This post-disciplinary article goes beyond orthodox labour economics and combines insights from the 'socio-economics of labour markets' (SELM), and critical realism (CR), to develop a SELM CR perspective which is then used to create an alternative conception of labour market institutions and an alternative model of labour markets-i.e. the SELM CR model.
Cambridge University Press eBooks, Jun 3, 2010
[T]hose who still wait for a Newton are not only waiting for a train that won’t arrive, they’re i... more [T]hose who still wait for a Newton are not only waiting for a train that won’t arrive, they’re in the wrong station altogether. (Giddens 1975: 13) And still they wait. The information boards on the HRM–P station announce long delays, and yet those passengers advocating the measurement of the HRM–P link continue to wait on their platforms for the ‘ train of science ’ to arrive. The train has yet to emerge from a very long and dark tunnel in which the entrance and exit are clearly visible, but the train has somehow lost its way in the ‘black box’ in between. Meanwhile, on platforms across the station, there are additional passengers fully expecting to board the train. At one platform they are not at all concerned. They saw the train enter the blackness of the tunnel at one end, and they have observed that their platform is clearly in line with the track exiting the tunnel at the other end; and because this regularly occurs, they predict the imminent arrival of the train. Not so far away at another platform, passengers are aware of the delay but have deduced from the complexity of tracks around their platform that the train will eventually reach them – even if they are not sure how or when. On another platform they have resorted to a ‘safety in numbers’ approach and concluded that given so many passengers are waiting for trains on other platforms, they cannot all be mistaken about the train eventually arriving … can they? Word of the delay has, however, spread to other platforms where they suspect the train might never arrive and are making their feelings known to the station’s staff. Meanwhile, a small number of passengers are leaving the station and heading for their cars and bicycles. They already know the train of ‘science’ is never going to arrive.
Cambridge University Press eBooks, Jun 3, 2010
Human resource departments increasingly use the statistical analysis of performance indicators as... more Human resource departments increasingly use the statistical analysis of performance indicators as a way of demonstrating their contribution to organisational performance. In this book, Steve Fleetwood and Anthony Hesketh take issue with this 'scientifi c' approach by arguing that its preoccupation with statistical analysis is misplaced because it fails to take account of the complexities of organisations and the full range of issues that infl uence individual performance. The book is split into three parts. Part I deconstructs research into the alleged link between people and business performance by showing that it cannot explain the associations it alleges. Part II attributes these shortcomings to the importation of spurious 'scientifi c' methods, before going on to suggest more appropriate methods that might be used in future. Finally, Part III explores how HR executives and professionals understand their work and shows how a critical realist stance adds value to this understanding through enhanced explanation. s t e v e f l e e t wo od is Professor of Employment Relations and HRM in Bristol Business School, University of the West of England, Bristol. His research focuses on philosophy of science and methodology as it is applied in social science, especially in organisation and management studies and economics. He has written extensively on critical realism. a n t hon y h e sk e t h is Senior Lecturer at Lancaster University Management School. His research focuses on capturing the impact of people and strategy on organisational performance.
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