1. DISCUSSION.
- Author
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Meadows, Paul
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INDUSTRIAL sociology ,INDUSTRIAL sociologists ,CASE studies ,COMPARATIVE studies - Abstract
The article presents author's views regarding the research paper of Professor Wilbert E. Moore on industrial sociology. Professor Moore's paper begins with the inevitable apology apparently expected of all sociologists studying industrial phenomena. One point, which was not and which should have been more fully developed, in author's opinion, is suggested in the sentence: "The field of industrial sociology then is concerned with the application of or development of principles of sociology relevant to the industrial mode of production and the industrial way of life." The author refers here to the phase, "the application or development of principles." This, he believes, is a critical problem. Of course, a dichotomy here is to be avoided: it is not a question of either-or. But industrial sociologists should seriously consider whether or not the best interests of their field lie in "the development of" rather than in "the application of" principles. His paper repeatedly calls attention to the uses of comparative case studies.
- Published
- 1948
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