Theories and research on Conceptual Change

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Executive Summary
The main purpose of this research is to discuss on the concept of how truth can be
established in business and management research or study. The study is supported by
reviewing the concepts and theories of research philosophy and research paradigm. It is found
that Truth is used by the qualitative researchers to maximize the accuracy of their research.
Qualitative method is a part of scientific method that is used to gather the numeric data.
Organisations are concerned on providing ethical & responsible workforce in their
workplace. Block chain technology is focused on doing accurate transactions of the business
that cannot be edited. It is designed in such a way that it can trace the problems and fix the
business issues. Hence, truth of blockchain technology is established in the business.

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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................3
Theories and Concepts...............................................................................................................3
Truth in Management Research.................................................................................................5
Case Study..................................................................................................................................7
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................7
References..................................................................................................................................9

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Introduction
The study has focused on various theories and concepts of research philosophy and
research paradigms that has been used while conducting a research. The paper has discussed
on various research approaches that is used to carry out a research. The main objective of this
paper is to discuss on the concept of how truth can be established in business and
management research or study.
Theories and Concepts
Research Philosophy
Research philosophy is a type of belief that every researcher makes about the way of
collecting data that is whether it should be collected or analysed. Here, the scientist acts as an
objective analyst and based on this, they make their personal values & accordingly works
independently. It deals with the development of knowledge. The researcher is involved in
collecting the primary and secondary data for the purpose of data analysis to look for its
research answers for the research question. This is the first process that is initiated during the
research methodology process (Dougherty, Slevc & Grand, 2019). Research philosophy can
be pragmatism, realism, interpretivism or positivism. The choice of the above research
philosophy depends on the practical implications of the study.
Research Paradigm
Scientific research paradigm helps to define the concept of research philosophy. It is a
research model that is used to conduct research that has been practiced for a long period of
time. It mostly emerges from positivist & interpretivism approach of research philosophy.
Most scientist use positivist paradigm. This is because, it involves empirical hypothesis
testing. It is related to facts of the study. Its findings is similar to another study which may be
conducted in different environmental situations (Doherty‐Bone et al., 2019). This means true
knowledge is on the basis of experiences & it can be gained by observations or experiment.
Interpretivist paradigm is another approach of qualitative research. This approach believes
that, reality of any phenomenon has multiple interpretation because it is complex and multi-
layered. This research technique will help to interpret the data and can help to interact with
the social environment (Abbott, 2018).
Hence, research paradigms is the way of that social phenomenon from which
particular explanation from these phenomenon can be attempted. Components of research
paradigm are:
 Epistemology- It is the theory of assumptions and knowledge that researcher have
about the nature. It makes assumptions on knowledge that can be communicated with
others.
 Ontology- It is the assumptions that deals with the nature of reality of a research. . It
makes assumptions of nature reality. It is done on the basis of research objects are
studied. Research objects are the individuals, management and an organisation
working on a live concept (Kivunja & Kuyini, 2017).
 Axiology- It is engaged with the role of the researcher’s value in every stage of
research process. It mainly refers to the role of value & ethics while conducting a
research. This means that how a researcher must deal with their own values to the