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100 _aEasterby-Smith, Mark
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245 _aManagement Research
250 _a4th ed
260 _aLos Angeles
_bSage Publications
_c2012
300 _a371p
500 _a1.Introducing management and business research Introduction The nature of management and business research What is management? Skills and resources for management and business research Levels and outcomes of management research Is management research distinctive? Conclusion Further reading 2.The philosophy of management research The philosophical debates Ontology: from realism to nominalism Epistemology: positivism versus social constructionism Linking ontology, epistemology and methodology Strengths and weaknesses of the main traditions Overviews of other philosophies 3.Designing management research Epistemology and researcher engagement Positivist research designs Constructionist research designs Case method and grounded theory Mixed methods Common design dilemmas Contributing to theory Contents note continued: Contrasting views on validity and reliability Research design template 4.The politics and ethics of management research Political influences on the research question Politics of access Ethics Utilization of research 5.Reviewing the literature What is a literature review and what is its purpose? Preparation for the literature review Elements of literature review Alignment with study context and approach Sources of information 6.Creating qualitative data Methods for qualitative data collection Collecting data through language Collecting data through observation Understanding data through interaction General concerns related to the collection of qualitative methods 7.Framing qualitative data Contents note continued: Analysing natural language data Content analysis and grounded analysis Computer aided analysis Social network analysis Discourse analysis Narrative analysis Conversation analysis Argument analysis Gaining knowledge through interaction 8.Creating quantitative data Sampling design Sources of quantitative data Questionnaire design 9.Summarizing and making inferences from quantitative data Summarizing and describing data Going beyond a sample 10.Multivariate analysis Multivariate analysis of measurement models Multivariate analysis of causal models 11.Writing management and business research The skills of writing The content of reports and dissertations Writing up the literature review Contents note continued: Outputs and evaluation Plagiarism Dissemination strategies Further reading.
600 _aManagement Research
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600 _aOrganizational Behavior
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600 _aGeneral Management
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600 _aOperations Research
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700 _aJackson, Paul
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700 _aThorpe, Richard
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