Is Management Theory Too "Self-ish"?

    Authors

    R. Folger;R. Salvador

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    Abstract

    Within the realm of management and the other social sciences, many scholars have used self-interest explanations to account for individual judgment, decision making, and behavior with respect to a variety of issues in the domains of ethics and justice. In this article, the authors address the descriptive claim that all human behavior can ultimately be traced to underlying self-interest. Reviewing arguments from the philosophical literatures and evidence from management, social psychology, and behavioral economics, the authors argue that exclusively relying on self-interest explanations is a bad scientific strategy that discourages researchers from considering other determinants of how people behave.

    Journal Title

    Journal of Management

    Volume

    34

    Issue/Number

    6

    Publication Date

    1-1-2008

    Document Type

    Article

    First Page

    1127

    Last Page

    1151

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000261095200004

    ISSN

    0149-2063

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