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Organizational Research Methods

  • By: Paul M. Brewerton & Lynne J. Millward
  • Publisher: SAGE Publications, Ltd
  • Publication year: 2001
  • Online pub date: January 01, 2011
  • Discipline: Business and Management
  • Methods: Case study research , Organizational research , Research questions
  • DOI: https:// doi. org/10.4135/9781849209533
  • Keywords: organizations , population , psychological contracts , publications , social science , supervisors , teams Show all Show less
  • Print ISBN: 9780761971016
  • Online ISBN: 9781849209533
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`This text provides a timely and comprehensive introduction to major research methods in the Organizational sciences. It will be a boon to all students conducting their projects in this area, and may well become a standard reference for staff teaching research methods to undergraduate and postgraduate students of business studies or organizational behaviour' - Professor Neil Anderson, Goldsmiths College, University of London. 'This reasonably priced text would provide an invaluable starting point for those considering undertaking research in organisational settings' - Paula Roberts, Nurse Researcher. This book provides the reader with clear pointers for how to conduct organizational research appropriately, through planning and making informed and systematic research decisions, to understanding the ethical implications of applied organizational research, to implementing, reporting and presenting the findings to the highest possible standards. It provides an overview of a wide variety of research strategies, methods of data collection (both qualitative and quantitative) and analysis in a volume accessible to both an undergraduate, postgraduate and practitioner readership alike. Organizational Research Methods also represents a useful aid to the report writing task, indicating ways in which the project material can be most effectively organised for academic and feedback purposes, and by drawing upon real-life organizational contexts and examples to help the reader understand the core issues. Finally, the book offers a clear, manageable procedure for preparing a presentation to an academic or an organizational audience. Providing practical guidance on all elements of the research process, this book will be essential reading to all undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as researchers, in psychology, organizational studies and management disciplines.

Front Matter

  • About the Author
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • List of Boxes
  • List of Case Studies
  • Introduction
  • Applying Social Science to the Real World
  • Starting off the Research Process
  • Obtaining and Using Access to an Organization
  • Project Design
  • Methods of Data Collection
  • Sampling Considerations
  • Assessing Performance in Organizations
  • Data Analysis
  • Reporting Research Findings

Back Matter

  • Concluding words

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The SAGE Handbook of Organizational Research Methods

The SAGE Handbook of Organizational Research Methods

  • David Buchanan - Cranfield University, UK
  • Alan Bryman - University of Leicester, UK
  • Description

The SAGE Handbook of Organizational Research Methods provides a rich resource for organizational researchers, locating the technical aspects of organizational research in the wider context of the relevant personal, epistemological, theoretical, historical, ethical, and political issues.

David Buchanan and Alan Bryman have gathered together many of the world's leading writers on theory, method, and analysis in organizational research and have made this the most comprehensive and cutting-edge volume in this ever-growing field. The Handbook aims to:

  • Provide a comprehensive critical review of contemporary issues, debates, field practice, and trends across the domain of organizational research
  • Locate current thinking, debates, and methods in the history of organizational research
  • Identify trends, theories, and issues which have the potential to shape the underpinning epistemologies, theories and methodologies of future organizational research
  • Explore strategies for bridging the gap between researchers and those who are in a position to act on research findings to influence organizational practice

The SAGE Handbook of Organizational Research Methods provides an impressively comprehensive critical review of contemporary issues, debates and trends across the domain of organizational research. It will be an indispensable reference work for all organizational researchers.

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'This handbook provides a rich resource for organizational researchers, locating the technical aspects of organizational research in the wider context of personal, epistemological, theoretical, historical, ethical, and political issues. The editors have gathered together many of the world's leading writers on methodological issues in organizational research, and have made this the most comprehensive and cutting edge volume in this growing field' - Public Administration, Development, and Environment

Short chapters allow selective study of concepts in organizational research (grounded theory or specific methods like interviewing). The amount of information provided is sufficient, but short enough to be processed by small student teams and presented to classmates/fellow students. Beyond that, the handbook is an ideal reference for students to catch up on topics that weren't taught in former courses. At some points, illustrations or diagrams could leaven the reading. In a new edition, digital elements (online surveys, Big Data, smartphone and diary studies) should be included/gain more attention.

A few chapters of the handbook are suggested for deeper understanding of the logics of sampling and some design aspects.

I highly recommend this book

A diverse and detailed insight into different perspectives and experiences of organisational research - not at introductory text but good for those with some knowledge of organisational research.

It is a very good qualitative research book. It contains a coherent topics e.g. Grounded theory and practical guidelines for QR

Individual chapters are useful assignments for undergraduate working groups within an introductory course on social science methodology. Very accessible for students with a strong focus on practical applicability.

I consider the book very useful for student who want to obtain deeper knowledge of a specific research method, as well as get fammiliar with new and yet not commonly known approaches to organizational research.

Too much reading for students

MBA to be relaunched in 2013. This book will be reviewed for this new MBA course later this year 2012.

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