As I was reading a paper by Zattoni et al. (2013) on corporate governance theories*, I came across a passage that explains the new shift to alternative or complementary theories with the aim to explore real-life governance issues. I quote: "to enhance our understanding of the effectiveness of governance mechanisms, scholars should gain access to process-oriented data, go beyond the almost exclusive use of agency theory, and overcome empirical dogmatisms and narrow conceptualizations of corporate governance"
What does process-oriented data exactly mean? And how is it different from data used in previous corporate governance research?
* Zattoni, A., Douglas, T., & Judge, W. (2013). Developing Corporate Governance Theory through Qualitative Research: Guest Editorial. Corporate Governance: An International Review, 21(2), 119–122. https://doi.org/10.1111/corg.12016
This term seems to me to be one of the nice empty formulas that sounds good in a text, but contains a little concrete statement. Thesaurus (https://thesaurus.yourdictionary.com/process-oriented) provides six synonyms that at least tend to confirm my suspicions.
I also agree with Mr. Hans-Georg Petersen that the term (process-oriented data) seems sound good in a text. Moreover, the authors used the term once in the article and did not explain it afterward. I think you should not confuse with the term.
If you are still interested in term process-oriented then I will suggest reading articles and processes about EFQM Excellence Model (without DATA).
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