Problem Choice - Entering or Abandoning a Research Agenda, an Investigation from Specialists? Point of View about an Under-Researched Field in Business Administration

Informações

Código: EnEPQ257
Divisão: EnEPQ - V Encontro de Ensino e Pesquisa em Administração e Contabilidade
Tema de Interesse: Tema 01 - Epistemologia, Administração e Contabilidade

Autores

Fernando Antonio Ribeiro Serra (Programa de Pós-Graduação em Administração/Mestrado e Doutorado Acadêmico/Universidade Nove de Julho - PPGA/UNINOVE) - fernando.antonio.ribeiro.serra@gmail.com
Manuel Anibal Silva Portugal Vasconcelos Ferreira (Programa de Pós-Graduação em Administração/Mestrado e Doutorado Acadêmico/Universidade Nove de Julho - PPGA/UNINOVE) - manuel.portugal.ferreira@gmail.com
Christian Daniel Falaster (Programa de Pós-Graduação em Administração/Mestrado e Doutorado Acadêmico/Universidade Nove de Julho - PPGA/UNINOVE) - christianfalaster@gmail.com

Resumo

This study is intended to comprehend the motivations behind researchers? choice to enter or abandon a field of study, the problem choice. Therefore, we examine research on an under-researched, yet important field in management, the organizational decline, as an extreme case for study. Based on a literature review and on a qualitative analysis of forty-one short surveys with renowned authors, conducted by e-mail, we conclude that organizational decline research is still both a current topic and further is needed. The evidences suggest that authors tend to enter a field due to intrinsic and internal motivation or external regulatory motives. The choice to stay or branch in the field of study is determined by intrinsic motivators, while the choice to leave the field of study is determined by extrinsic motivators.

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