Criteria for assessing theory in human resource development from an interpretive perspective

abstract

• Utilizing Patterson's (Patterson, C.H. 1983. Theories of counseling and psychotherapy 4th edn. San Francisco, CA: Harper & Row) eight criteria for assessing theory in applied disciplines from a conventional perspective, these criteria are evaluated and where applicable reconstructed, reformulated and renamed from an interpretive perspective of theory building research and assessment. Five additional criteria are proposed and described: compellingness, saturation, prompt to action, fittingness and transferability/transportability. The task of developing such criteria from different paradigms of inquiry while ensuring paradigmatic congruence holds particular challenges, a number of which are discussed. Conclusions and preliminary implications for undertaking this task are presented and summarized. 2011 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.

authors

• Lincoln, Yvonna

published proceedings

• Human Resource Development International

author list (cited authors)

• Lincoln, Y. S., & Lynham, S. A.

citation count

• 25

complete list of authors

• Lincoln, Yvonna S||Lynham, Susan A

publication date

• January 2011

publisher

• Taylor & Francis  Publisher

published in

• Human Resource Development International  Journal

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1080/13678868.2011.542895

start page

• 3

end page

• 22

volume

• 14

issue

• 1

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13678868.2011.542895