Social Science Paradigms and Research
noted below) is the preferred research style and does this style
“bleed” into more than one? Why or why not.
Six Social Paradigms
1. Reality as concrete and conformable to law, a structure
independent of the observer.
2. Reality as a concrete determining process.
3. Reality as mutually dependent fields of information.
4. Reality as a world of symbolic discourse.
5. Reality as a social construction.
6. Reality as a manifestation of human intentionality.
Which business research approach is the most preferred (the
analytical approach, the systems approach, or the actors approach)? Why?





