Figures & data
Table 1. Three levels of reality (Bhaskar Citation1975).
Figure 1. Contributions of the different realism tenets to retroductive theorizing and the nature of the generative theory.
Note: The blue arrows are tenets related to the contributions toward theory formulation. The black arrows are related to tenets describing the nature of the formulated theories.
![Figure 1. Contributions of the different realism tenets to retroductive theorizing and the nature of the generative theory.Note: The blue arrows are tenets related to the contributions toward theory formulation. The black arrows are related to tenets describing the nature of the formulated theories.](/cms/asset/60d95d91-e676-4643-9f2e-969e3cd1d0b9/yjcr_a_2217052_f0001_oc.jpg)
Table 2. Realist tenet, ontological/epistemological basis, and implications for realist evaluation.