Title: Understanding critical thinking in business from an integrative text-driven approach

Authors: Jorge Iván Pérez Rave; Carlos Mario Zapata Jaramillo; Gloria Patricia Jaramillo Álvarez

Addresses: IDINNOV Research Group, IDINNOV S.A.S., Medellín, Colombia ' Department of Computing and Decision Sciences, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Medellín, Colombia ' Department of Computing and Decision Sciences, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Medellín, Colombia

Abstract: Understanding critical thinking (CT) in business is a challenge, given that CT has been mainly studied in educational settings. In this paper, we build a thesaurus and conceptual model by using an integrative text-driven approach with a scientific corpus for contributing to this issue. Stages performed: corpus conforming, text preparation, text analysis, pattern discovery, and pattern validation. In total, 101 potential terms associated with CT are identified. Besides, 12 underlying grouping patterns of such terms are discovered. A new thesaurus and a novel conceptual model (direction, action, and contribution elements) are proposed to enable a better understanding of CT in business. The discovered patterns of CT in business are useful for developing future organisational managers/leaders.

Keywords: critical thinking; conceptual model; thesaurus; text-driven approach; text analytics; text mining; business management.

DOI: 10.1504/IJBSR.2024.140783

International Journal of Business and Systems Research, 2024 Vol.18 No.5, pp.453 - 482

Accepted: 10 Oct 2023
Published online: 02 Sep 2024 *

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