Advocacy as a Scientific Strategy: The Mitroff Myth
Academy of Management ReviewPublished 1 October 1980
J. Scott Armstrong
Citations75
SJR quartileQ1
SJR score14.40
SNIP6.11
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A committee created a fictitious author, Ian Mitroff, who published a paper that violated scientific guidelines, and the advocacy strategy is used to scientifically prove that MitroFF does not exist.
Abstract
A committee created a fictitious author, Ian Mitroff, who published a paper that violated scientific guidelines. The Mitroff paper recommended an advocacy strategy for scientific research; it said that scientists should vigorously defend their initial hypothesis. I use the advocacy strategy to scientifically prove that Mitroff does not exist.
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