Interrogating the Implications of Theory to Social and Management Science Research in The Post COVID-19 Era

Abstract

One of the basic elements of social and management sciences research is the review and application of theory(ies) hence. This paper is interrogating the implication of theory(ies) in social and management sciences. The study adopted the explanatory research design with specifics focus on the impact of theory on social and management sciences. The paper relied on the secondary method of data collection in providing discussions and analysis on the topic under review. Although, the characteristics and implications of the theory, its greatest challenge is that, it has the wrong choice of usage, and again non or order application of relevant theory to the various topics under review. One of the characteristics of a theory is that it must be precise and clear in other to serve as the guide of research because a theory is based on postulations and assumptions, arising from the personal experience of an individual, empirical explanations that are scientific in nature. Due to the challenges associated with theories as highlighted in this paper. The paper, through suggestion, recommends that theoretical explanation to social science and management science phenomenon must be made compulsory, and the choice of the theory selected for a particular topic under discussion should be supervised by a panel of professors in the relevant area or discipline where the topic(s) is covered.