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THEORY BUILDING IN THE OM/SCM FIELD: POINTING TO THE FUTURE BY LOOKING AT THE PAST
Author(s) -
CHOI THOMAS Y.,
WACKER JOHN G.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of supply chain management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.75
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 1745-493X
pISSN - 1523-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-493x.2011.03219.x
Subject(s) - appeal , supply chain management , management theory , field (mathematics) , computer science , supply chain , process management , management science , knowledge management , business , sociology , epistemology , operations management , marketing , political science , economics , philosophy , mathematics , pure mathematics , law
We examine select theoretical papers from the Journal of Supply Chain Management ( JSCM ) and Journal of Operations Management ( JOM ) over a time period of the last 10 years. Our study reveals good theory‐building practices. We find that the authors delineate a clear boundary around the operations management and supply chain management (OM/SCM) issue of their theoretical consideration. They build on existing theoretical perspectives but also advance the existing body of literature by proposing new constructs that can have a broader appeal. Multiple theoretical perspectives are integrated to explain an OM/SCM issue. Some of these perspectives can involve theoretically opposing or orthogonal concepts. By doing so, the authors often challenge the underlying theoretical conception of a dominant paradigm.