Caught in a Landslide? Exploring how Far the Increasing Focus on Big Data Benefits or Damages Theoretical Development in Management Studies

Gatrell, Caroline ORCID: 0000-0003-3134-3252 (2024) Caught in a Landslide? Exploring how Far the Increasing Focus on Big Data Benefits or Damages Theoretical Development in Management Studies. Journal of Management Studies.

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/joms.13058

Abstract

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>The author teams in this Point‐Counterpoint (PCP) put forward contrasting views regarding the benefits – or otherwise – of using commercially generated corporate ‘big data’ algorithms to inform scholarly research. In this editorial, I reflect on the lines of reasoning for, and against, whether such data offers a reliable means of building new theory. Are academics who refuse to mine and analyse corporately owned big data taking sensible steps to manage scholarly integrity? Or are they Luddites? I invite readers to consider these timely and provocative PCP articles and to consider the implications, for management studies, of the key arguments presented.</jats:p>

Item Type:	Article
Divisions:	Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Management
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	15 Mar 2024 17:33
Last Modified:	16 Mar 2024 02:55
DOI:	10.1111/joms.13058
Open Access URL:	https://doi.org/10.1111/joms.13058
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3179464