One other feature of my forays into theorizing is that they have been triggered by my experiences in teaching. That is,
teaching a particular topic alerted me to the gaps in the literature or the oppositional views on a topic. The tension and
discomfort of those instances led me to theorize on possible solutions to the issues on hand. It is also a pleasant and proud
experience to talk about your own theorizing in the classes you teach. That is why I cannot buy into the argument that
teaching impedes research or vice versa.
Bandura (2005) who noted that ‘‘Discontent with the adequacy of existing theoretical explanations provides the impetus to
search for conceptual schemes that can offer better explanations and solutions to phenomena of import’’ (p. 10) and Hitt and
Smith (2005), who noted that, for most scholars, ‘‘the theory development process began with some form of tension,
followed by search, elaboration and research, and proclamation or presentation’’ (p. 5). That is, I found that the explanations
offered by some theories did not correspond to my own experiences, which made me wonder if there was a better
explanation.
organizational effectiveness, and leadership.