CHAPTER 12 Watcha Gonna Do?
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CHAPTER 12
Watcha Gonna
Do?
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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
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The Setup
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• 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
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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
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Next Steps for You to ConsiderThree 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.
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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.