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Preferred term
value-free conception of science
Definition
- Advocates of a value-free conception of social science seek to do research that produces objective and valid knowledge based on verifiable empirical data. These researchers advance a positivist orientation to organizational science and seek to build causal theories through the use of rigorous scientific methods. [Source: International Encyclopedia of Organization Studies; Value-Free Conception of Science]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/value-free_conception_of_science
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