TOOLISM: GENERATION OF MODE 2 KNOWLEDGE IN RESEARCH
CHOY-LEONG YEE
Universiti Putra Malaysia
Faculty of Economics and Management
Department of Management and Marketing
43400 UPM Serdang
Selangor, MALAYSIA.
Tel: +00 6 03 8946 7731
Fax: +00 6 03 8948 6188
e-mail: yee@econ.upm.edu.my
Abstract
A new research methodology toolism is proposed for generating Mode 2 knowledge to improve industrial relevance of business research. An industrial case is presented to demonstrate the development of research protocols of toolism and how it could be used for theory development. The philosophical foundation of toolism is also discussed.
Keywords: Toolism; mode 2 knowledge; epistemology; theory development
