Critiquing scientific writing for knowledge development in South African public administration scholarship

Abstract

As qualitative research, this article aims to critically engage on the level of scholarship by modern scholars for pursuing knowledge development in South African public administration. The article also concludes that the purpose of peer review is to evaluate and improve the text and that if scholars perceive their purpose in review as to criticise and not to critique the scientific work for areas of improvement, they expose their weaknesses and biases, which does not contribute to knowledge development and improvement in the scholarship debates.

Keywords: {'name': 'Public Administration Scholarship'}, {'name': 'Peer review'}, {'name': 'Scientific'}, {'name': 'qualitative approach'}

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Mokoko Piet Sebola
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