ISBN:
0805847278
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xxi, 329 p)
,
ill
Edition:
2nd ed
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version Research Methods Fro Organizational Studies
DDC:
302.3/5/072
Keywords:
Organization Research
;
Methodology
;
Research Methodology
Abstract:
This revised research methods textbook introduces social science methods as applied broadly to the study of issues that arise as part of organizational life. These include issues involving organizational participants such as managers, teachers, customers, patients and clients, and transactions within and between organizations
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; RESEARCH METHODS FOR ORGANIZATIONAL STUDIES; Copyright; Contents; Preface; About the Author; I Overview; 1 Introduction; RESEARCH ACTIVITIES; A POINT OF VIEW; OBJECTIVES AND ORGANIZATION; SUMMARY; FOR REVIEW; Terms to Know; 2 A Model of Empirical Research; RESEARCH VARIABLES; Conceptual and Operational Variables; Dependent and Independent Variables; THE MODEL; Conceptual Relationships; Operational Relationships; Empirical Relationships; Causal Relationships at an Empirical Level; Conceptual to Operational Relationships; GENERALIZING FROM THE MODEL; Statistical Generalization
Description / Table of Contents:
External GeneralizationSUMMARY; FOR REVIEW; Terms to Know; Things to Know; Issues to Discuss; II Measurement: Understanding Construct Validity; 3 Measurement Foundations: Validity and Validation; CONSTRUCT DEFINITIONS; Construct Domain; Nomological Networks; CONSTRUCT DEFINITION ILLUSTRATION; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY CHALLENGES; Random Errors; Systematic Errors; Scores Are Critical; CONSTRUCT VALIDATION; Content Validity; Reliability; Types of Reliability; Reliability and Construct Validity; Convergent Validity; Discriminant Validity; Criterion-Related Validity; Investigating Nomological Networks
Description / Table of Contents:
SUMMARYFOR REVIEW; Terms to Know; Things to Know; 4 Measurement Applications: Research Questionnaires; QUESTIONNAIRE DECISIONS; Alternatives to Questionnaire Construction; Secondary Data; Questionnaires Developed by Others; Questionnaire Type; Self-Reports Versus Observations; Interviews Versus Written Questionnaires; QUESTIONNAIRE CONSTRUCTION; Content Domain; Items; Item Wording; Item Sequence; Scaling; QUESTIONNAIRE RESPONSE STYLES; Self-Reports; Observations; Implications for Questionnaire Construction and Use; PILOT TESTING; SUMMARY; FOR REVIEW; Terms to Know; Things to Know
Description / Table of Contents:
PART II SUGGESTED READINGSIII Design: Addressing Internal Validity; 5 Research Design Foundations; CAUSAL CHALLENGES; Causal Direction; Specification: Uncontrolled Variables and the Danger of Bias; Bias; Spurious Relationships; Suppressor Variables; Noise; Mediators; Moderators; USING DESIGN TO ADDRESS CAUSAL CHALLENGES; Sampling: Selecting Cases to Study; Restriction of Range; Comparison Groups; Measurement Decisions; Control Over Independent Variables; Measurement and Statistical Control; Administering Measures to Cases; Matching; Random Assignment; DESIGN TYPES; Experiments
Description / Table of Contents:
Quasi-ExperimentsField Studies and Surveys; SUMMARY; FOR REVIEW; Terms to Know; Questions for Review; Issues to Discuss; 6 Design Applications: Experiments and Quasi-Experiments; BASIC DESIGNS; Design A1: Cross-Sectional Between-Cases Design; Design B1: Longitudinal Within-Cases Design; THREATS TO INTERNAL VALIDITY; Threats from the Research Environment; Demands on Participants; Researcher Expectations; Threats in Between-Cases Designs; Threats in Longitudinal Designs; ADDITIONAL DESIGNS; Design C1: Longitudinal Between-Cases; Design D: Cross-Sectional Factorial Design
Description / Table of Contents:
Design E: Cross-Sectional Design with Covariate
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-313) and indexes
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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