What Theory Is and Can Be: Forms of Theorizing in Organizational Scholarship

Theory is at the very heart of organizational scholarship and a key criterion for evaluating quality contribution our research. Focusing on conceptual rather than empirical work, this editorial essay highlights wide range forms that theorizing might take – how it, in consequence, materializes different types theory papers. Next to propositional form building, which has so far dominated reflections literature, we discuss particularities process, configurational, perspectival, meta-theorizing, as well various critique. We demonstrate these differ terms their aims, style reasoning, contributions, way they are written up In view roles each serve, propagate, line with ethos Organization Theory, pluralistic stance when it comes advancing organization studies.