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‘First, kill all the economists…’ : the insufficiency of microeconomics and the need for evolutionary psychology in the study of management
Author(s) -
Kanazawa Satoshi
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
managerial and decision economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.288
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1099-1468
pISSN - 0143-6570
DOI - 10.1002/mde.1286
Subject(s) - perspective (graphical) , premise , unitary state , economics , neoclassical economics , microeconomics , positive economics , epistemology , law , computer science , political science , artificial intelligence , philosophy
Microeconomics and its model of the singular and unitary actor can no longer adequately explain organizational behavior now that there are men and women in corporations. Evolutionary psychology, with its premise of fundamental and inherent sex differences, is necessary to replace microeconomics as the predominant theoretical perspective in business and management schools. The recent Safeway fiasco illustrates the danger of continuing to use microeconomics in the study of management in the 21st century. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.