Publications

Antonio, RJ, Clegg, S, Boreham, P & Dow, G 1987, 'Class, Politics and the Economy.', Social Forces, vol. 66, no. 2, pp. 562-562.
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Clegg, SR 1987, 'A Response to McHoul', Organization Studies, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 373-374.
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CLEGG, SR 1987, 'THE LANGUAGE OF POWER AND THE POWER OF LANGUAGE', ORGANIZATION STUDIES, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 61-70.
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CLEGG, SR & HIGGINS, W 1987, 'AGAINST THE CURRENT - ORGANIZATIONAL-SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIALISM', ORGANIZATION STUDIES, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 201-221.
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DOWLING, GR 1987, 'DIALOG ON SYSTEMS AS CLUSTERS - IDENTIFYING SYSTEMS', BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE, vol. 32, no. 2, pp. 149-152.
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DOWLING, GR 1987, 'STRIKE EFFECTS ON THE STRUCTURE OF A PRODUCT MARKET', EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MARKETING, vol. 21, no. 3, pp. 30-38.
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Dunphy, D 1987, 'Convergence/Divergence: A Temporal Review of the Japanese Enterprise and Its Management', The Academy of Management Review, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 445-445.
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Dwyer, L 1987, 'SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY IN AUSTRALIA: THREE STUDIES', Prometheus, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 419-426.
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Dwyer, L 1987, 'Some Implications of a Pragmatist Conception of the Aims of Economic Enquiry', International Journal of Social Economics, vol. 14, no. 6, pp. 22-35.
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In recent years, in keeping with the new emphasis on science as a human activity, a process of inquiry, philosophers of science have begun to pay more attention to the criteria for choosing between competing hypotheses or theories. There is now a widespread tendency to treat the standard criteria of theory appraisal, such as a theory's accuracy, consistency, scope, simplicity, fruitfulness, elegance, etc., not as rules which dictate choice but as values, maxims, norms which influence scientific decision making (Kuhn, 1977). In opposition to those seeking an algorithm of theory choice it is now recognised that there are, inevitably, certain subjective elements in scientific theory appraisal. The standard criteria, while providing the shared basis for choice, not only are imprecise in their meaning and application but, when deployed together, often conflict with one another as, for example, when one theory is more accurate but less simple than another. Thus two scientists fully committed to the same set of standards may, if they interpret these standards differently, or if they attach different weights to different desiderata, reach different conclusions as to the merits of competing theoretical constructs.

Emmison, M, Boreham, P & Clegg, S 1987, 'Against Antinomies: For A Post-Marxist Politics', Thesis Eleven, vol. 18-19, no. 1, pp. 124-142.
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Hicks, A, Clegg, S, Boreham, P & Dow, G 1987, 'Socialism: Scientific and Utopian', Contemporary Sociology, vol. 16, no. 5, pp. 661-661.
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MCHOUL, AW & CLEGG, SR 1987, 'LANGUAGE AND INSTITUTIONAL REALITY - REPLY AND RESPONSE', ORGANIZATION STUDIES, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 363-374.
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TAYLOR, SL 1987, 'International Accounting Standards: An Alternative Rationale', Abacus, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 157-170.
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International aspects of financial reporting have begun to receive an increasing amount of attention by a range of organizations. There is a need then, to appraise critically the performance and the underlying rationale of those agencies responsible for influencing international practices. Identification and appraisal of the rationale underlying the existence of those agencies is a necessary step in determining their potential for achieving the objectives which they have been set. This paper examines the rationale behind one of these agencies, the International Accounting Standards Committee (IASC, 1977). Unlike many others, the paper does not attempt to explain why we should have an organization such as the IASC and the standards it produces. Rather, it represents an attempt to explain why we do have an organization such as the IASC. To that end, an alternative rationale is suggested for the output of the IASC, based on theories of professional self-interest, agency, and property rights. It is argued that that rationale is likely to have significantly greater explanatory power in respect of the present output produced by the IASC than those traditionally presented.