Pragmatic critical realism: could this methodological approach expand our understanding of employment relations?

Objective: This paper seeks to highlight the need for employment relations academics and researchers to expand their use of research methodologies in order for them to enable the advancement of theoretical debate within their discipline. It focuses on the contribution that pragmatical critical realism has made to the field of perception and argues that it would add value to the subject of employment relations.

Methods: It is a theoretically centred review of pragmatical critical realism and the possible contribution this methodology would make to the field of employment relations.