Empirical Research Methods for Organizational Studies

Name: Empirical Research Methods for Organizational Studies
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ISBN: 9780805829723

ISBN-10: 0805829725

ISBN-13: 9780805829723

Edition: 1998

Authors: Donald P. Schwab

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Beautifully written and thoroughly class-tested, this practical text provides students of management and organizational studies with clear guidelines for conducting real-world research. Unusually applied, it provides tools with which to do research (data sets and statistical software) and discusses application issues typically missing from other research texts--for example, cleaning data, addressing missing data, coding data, and transforming data. It also provides numerous exercises for solving applied research problems. Among the more notable features are the following:Organizing Model-Two organizing figures (carried throughout the text) imbue discussions with an unusual degree of clarity…

Book details

List price: $57.95
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 12/1/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 456
Size: 7.00" wide x 9.75" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.980
Language: English



About the Author


Preface



Overview



Introduction



A Model of Empirical Research



Measurement: Understanding Construct Validity



Measurement Foundations: Validity and Validation



Measurement Applications: Research Questionnaires



Design: Addressing Internal Validity



Research Design Foundations



Design Applications: Experiments and Quasi-Experiments



Design Applications: Field Studies and Surveys



Analysis: Investigating Empirical Relationships



Data Analysis Foundations



Analysis Applications: Describing Scores on a Single Variable



Analysis Applications: Simple Correlation and Regression



Analysis Applications: Multiple Correlation and Regression



Statistical Validation



Statistical Inference Foundations



Statistical Inference Applications



Generalization: Addressing External Validity



External Validity



Research Reports



Research Report Writing



Extensions



On Incomplete Data



On Reliability



On Multicollinearity



On Multiple Correlation and Regression Modeling


Glossary


References


Author Index


Subject Index