![]() ![]() Consequently, it is important to understand how and why replicability works in different contexts. The present paper aims to challenge the received view on the concept of ‘replicability,’ by proposing a “situational approach” based on the idea that replicability works under certain organizational and socio-technic conditions, and that it is heavily influenced by the way that different stakeholders (scientists, technicians, participants artifacts, and technologies) respond to them. Moreover, in social sciences and organization studies, the concept of validity of data is highly questionable due to the quite frequent shortage of real statuses of the observed objects. ![]() Though all named concepts are important, what makes them barely advantageous is that they do not cover some peculiar aspects of the replicability and validation processes, i.e., appropriateness of conceptualization trustworthiness of operational definition and operational acts accuracy of researcher’s description, categorization and/or measurement successfulness of observational (or field) relation. To add to the confusion, it can even be used differently across diverse disciplines. Replicability is a term that not only comes with different meanings in the literature of many domains but is often associated or confused with other terms such as ‘reproducibility,’ ‘repeatability,’ ‘reliability,’ ‘validity,’ and so on. Department of Philosophy, University of Milan, Milan, Italy. ![]()
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