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CHAPTER 12
Watcha Gonna
Do?
Chapter 12 – Watcha Gonna Do?
Chapter Outline• Introduction• The Setup• Everybody is a Theorist!• Who is Best Equipped to Build Theory?• Next Steps for You to Consider• Desired Response to this Book
The Setup
• In our experience, all applied disciplines have
smart, articulate academics in their ranks.
• In our experience, all applied disciplines have
smart, articulate practitioners in their ranks.
Everybody is a Theorist
Who is Best Equipped to Build Theory?Characteristics of successful theory scholars include the following:
• Focused: have an intense interest in a particular realm
• Humble: realize that they don’t know everything
• Curious: are driven to know how something works
• Agile: have a mind that can look from various angles and
are able to change their thinking
• Toolbox: use a rich and varied selection of inquiry methods
• Respectful: express genuine openness to input from practitioners and
scholars
• Patient: accept the reality of extended time required to fulfill the theory quest
Next Steps for You to Consider
Three possible next steps for those who think they may
be interested in engaging in theory building:
• audit existing theory,
• test an existing theory, or
• build a new theory.
Desired Response to the Book
• The authors declared that Theory Building in Applied
Disciplines has no rival theory development methods
book.
• They hope you agree and have the personal motivation
to begin adding sound theory to an important realm of your
interest.