Management Research Methods
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Management Research Methods

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Management Research Methods

About this book

Management Research Methods, first published in 2007, is a comprehensive guide to the design and conduct of research in management-related disciplines such as organisational behaviour, human resource management, industrial relations, and the general field of management. Specifically, the text begins by providing an overview of the research process and in subsequent chapters explains the major types of design used in management research (correlational field studies, experimental and quasi-experimental designs, case studies, historical analysis, and action research). There are also chapters that describe the methods of data collection (interviews, questionnaires, documentation and observation) commonly employed by management researchers. In addition, the text examines the issues of reliability and validity, the construction of multi-item scales, and the methods of quantitative and qualitative analysis. The text concludes with a practical guide explaining how to report research findings and a discussion of the ethical issues in the conduct and practice of research.

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Information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2007
Print ISBN
9780521694285
eBook ISBN
9780511292583
Topic
Business
Subtopic
Management
Index
Business
Part
1
Introduction
1
The
research
process
Objectives
At
the
end
of
this
chapter
you
will
be
able
to:
describe
the
overall
research
process;
describe
each
step
in
the
research
process
and
explain
why
it
is
conducted;
develop
a
research
question
and
hypotheses;
differentiate
between
research
questions
and
hypotheses;
discriminate between independent and dependent variables and give examples
of
each;
explain
what
control,
mediator,
and
moderator
variables
are;
define
‘theory’;
explain
why
you
need
theory
to
generate
research
questions
and
hypotheses;
describe
what
an
empirical
study
is;
explain
how
an
empirical
study
can
test
the
relationship
between
independent
and
dependent
variables;
summarise
the
use
of
empirical
studies
to
write
a
literature
review;
define
‘causality’;
explain
why
causality
is
difficult
to
establish;
and
outline
the
broad
types
of
research
designs
used
and
methods
of
data
collection.
CONTENTS
Overview
of
the
research
process
4
Developing
the
research
question
5
3

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Preface
  7. Part 1 Introduction
  8. Part 2 Research designs
  9. Part 3 Methods of data collection
  10. Part 4 Measurement
  11. Part 5 Methods of data analysis
  12. Part 6 Reporting research findings and ethical considerations
  13. Index