| Description |
xvii, 314 pages : illustrations, charts ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Contents note continued: 1.8.1.Consequences of erroneous research findings -- 1.8.2.Consequences of inaccurate referencing -- 1.8.3.Consequences of plagiarism -- 1.8.4.Consequences of a breached review process -- 1.9.Overview of the research process -- 2.Misperceptions, Challenges And Judgement Calls In Research -- 2.1.Introduction -- 2.2.Misperceptions of research -- 2.2.1.Research is only for people who want to become academics and has little significance for practice -- 2.2.2.Projects related to practice do not need research rigour -- 2.2.3.Research is isolating and frustrating -- 2.2.4.Research is subjective -- 2.2.5.The more coverage the study, the better it should be -- 2.2.6.The research process cannot be linear and prescriptive -- 2.3.Challenges in the research process -- 2.3.1.The choice of research areas and settings -- 2.3.2.Theory and hypotheses development -- 2.3.3.Highly uncertain research outcomes -- 2.3.4.Time constraints -- 2.4.Judgement calls -- |
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Contents note continued: 11.2.Typical sections of a research study -- 11.2.1.The summary or abstract -- 11.2.2.The introduction -- 11.2.3.Background and literature review -- 11.2.4.Development of theory, and propositions and hypotheses development -- 11.2.5.The methodology -- 11.2.6.Results and discussion -- 11.2.7.The conclusion -- 11.3.Writing styles -- 11.3.1.Language -- 11.3.2.Structure and flow -- 11.3.3.Writing format -- 11.4.Writing up for journal submission -- 11.5.Other advice on writing up -- 11.5.1.Read and appreciate why good publications almost always have good writing -- 11.5.2.Don't just read, write something, and keep rewriting later -- 11.5.3.Keeping research notes -- 11.5.4.Maintaining a reference list -- 11.5.5.Always seeking to communicate your ideas -- 12.The Importance Of The Research Environment -- 12.1.Introduction -- 12.2.The primary research environment -- 12.2.1.Physical location and equipment -- 12.2.2.Research supervisor -- |
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Contents note continued: 12.2.3.Research collaborators -- 12.2.4.Peers -- 12.3.The secondary research environment -- 12.3.1.Seminars -- 12.3.2.Conferences -- 12.3.3.Research communities -- 12.3.4.Funding -- 12.3.5.Legal and moral obligations -- 12.3.6.Time -- 12.4.Navigating the research supervision process -- 12.5.Navigating the journal review process -- 12.6.Concluding remarks -- 12.6.1.Go to top conferences -- 12.6.2.Review papers -- 12.6.3.It's OK to get confused -- 12.6.4.Methodology is just a tool; theoretical development, rigour and relevance are the keys to good research |
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Contents note continued: 3.The Research Question -- 3.1.Introduction -- 3.2.Sources of research questions -- 3.2.1.Academic-oriented research questions -- 3.2.2.Practice-oriented research questions -- 3.3.Approaches to research problems -- 3.3.1.Positivist approach -- 3.3.2.Interpretivist approach -- 3.4.Starting points -- 3.4.1.Journal search -- 3.4.2.Systematic search for a research gap -- 3.5.Systematic search of the literature -- 3.5.1.Convergence search -- 3.5.2.Snowballing search -- 3.5.3.Divergence search -- 3.6.Sources of information -- 3.6.1.Article search databases -- 3.6.2.Working papers -- 3.6.3.Conference papers -- 3.6.4.Business magazine articles -- 3.6.5.Reports and Web documents -- 3.7.What constitutes a good research question? -- 3.7.1.Influence on specific field and broader business and management -- 3.7.2.Influence on management practice -- 3.7.3.Event-specific and time-sensitive influence -- 3.7.4.Generic vs context-specific influence -- |
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Contents note continued: 4.Conducting A Literature Review -- 4.1.Introduction -- 4.2.What does a literature review include? -- 4.2.1.Steps and tools for literature review -- 4.2.2.What is to be reported in a literature review? -- 4.2.3.Using existing review articles -- 4.3.How best to utilize the source articles -- 4.3.1.Research issue and contributions -- 4.3.2.Research arguments -- 4.3.3.Data and sample -- 4.3.4.Research findings -- 4.4.Synthesizing the search results -- 4.4.1.Corroborating and not summarizing -- 4.4.2.Theoretical underpinnings -- 4.4.3.Empirical underpinnings -- 4.4.4.(In)adequacy of the literature review -- 4.4.5.Narrow the level of relevancy -- 4.4.6.Meta-analysis -- 4.5.Referencing -- 4.5.1.Harvard referencing style -- 4.5.2.APA referencing style -- 4.5.3.Vancouver referencing style -- 4.6.Some do's and don'ts of referencing -- 4.6.1.Do not follow top journals and top authors blindly -- |
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Contents note continued: 5.7.1.Illustration 1: Top management team and firm performance -- 5.7.2.Illustration 2: Alliances and firm performance -- 6.Data, Sampling And Measurements -- 6.1.Introduction -- 6.2.Primary and secondary data -- 6.3.Sampling -- 6.3.1.Sample size -- 6.3.2.Sampling errors -- 6.3.3.Probability sampling -- 6.3.4.Non-probability sampling -- 6.3.5.Sampling situations -- 6.4.Measurements -- 6.4.1.Scales -- 6.4.2.Ratios -- 6.4.3.Composite measures -- 6.4.4.Using established measurements -- 7.Data Collection Methods -- 7.1.Introduction -- 7.2.Interviews -- 7.2.1.Face-to-face interviews -- 7.2.2.Telephone interviews -- 7.3.Focus groups -- 7.4.Participant observation -- 7.5.Case studies -- 7.6.Survey designs -- 7.6.1.Designing the survey -- 7.6.2.Survey questions -- 7.6.3.Survey response rates -- 7.6.4.Respondent and non-respondent errors -- 7.7.Archival data -- 7.8.Multi-industry and multi-country data -- 8.Descriptive And Exploratory Analysis -- |
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Contents note continued: 8.1.Introduction -- 8.2.Missing data -- 8.2.1.Addressing missing data -- 8.2.2.Sources of data errors -- 8.3.Reliability and validity -- 8.3.1.Reliability -- 8.3.2.Validity -- 8.4.Factor analysis -- 8.4.1.Exploratory factor analysis -- 8.4.2.Confirmatory factor analysis -- 8.4.3.Effects of item wording and coding on factor analysis -- 8.4.4.Number of items in your scale -- 8.5.Descriptive analysis -- 8.5.1.Distribution -- 8.5.2.Measures of central tendency -- 8.5.3.Measures of variation -- 8.5.4.Univariate tests -- 8.6.Bivariate analysis -- 8.6.1.Comparing two means -- 8.6.2.Comparing two proportions -- 8.6.3.Chi-squared test of independence -- 8.6.4.One-way and two-way ANOVA -- 8.6.5.Non-parametric tests -- 8.7.Bivariate correlation -- 8.8.Significance testing -- 9.Qualitative Analysis -- 9.1.Introduction -- 9.2.When are qualitative research methods appropriate? -- 9.3.The key approaches to qualitative research -- 9.3.1.Ethnographic research -- |
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Contents note continued: 9.3.2.Grounded theory -- 9.3.3.Case study research -- 9.4.Data recording and organization -- 9.4.1.Data recording and coding procedures -- 9.4.2.Organizing and storing data -- 9.5.Data analysis and interpretation -- 9.6.The validation process -- 9.7.Qualitative analysis software -- 10.Quantitative Analysis -- 10.1.Introduction -- 10.2.Types of dataset -- 10.2.1.Different coding of data -- 10.2.2.Transformation of data -- 10.3.Different types of regression models -- 10.4.Multiple linear regression analysis -- 10.4.1.Assumptions -- 10.4.2.Regression outputs: an illustration -- 10.4.3.Incremental contribution of added variable -- 10.4.4.Interaction effects in multiple linear regression -- 10.4.5.Mediation effects in multiple linear regression -- 10.5.Regression models with categorical dependent variable -- 10.6.Regression models with nominal dependent variable -- 10.7.Quantitative analysis software -- 11.Writing Up -- 11.1.Introduction -- |
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Contents note continued: 4.6.2.Adhere strictly to citation of a study, especially authorship order -- 4.6.3.Do not misrepresent the content of the references -- 4.6.4.Avoid ̀second-hand' citation -- 4.6.5.Do not cite out-of-date references other than classics -- 4.6.6.Do not try to shun away from conflicting evidence -- 5.Research Design -- 5.1.Introduction -- 5.2.Types of research design -- 5.3.Research design decisions -- 5.3.1.Research strategy -- 5.3.2.Access to entities of study -- 5.3.3.Variables and measurements -- 5.3.4.Current methodologies -- 5.3.5.Key directions for future research -- 5.4.Levels of analysis -- 5.5.Incorporating time in our research -- 5.5.1.X causes Y -- 5.5.2.X causes Y and the relationship is stable over time -- 5.5.3.X causes Y and Y changes over time -- 5.5.4.X causes Y, but over repeated exposure to X, Y changes -- 5.5.5.X causes Y and a change in X causes a change in Y -- 5.6.Context contingencies -- 5.7.Research designs: some illustrations -- |
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Machine generated contents note: 1.Fundamentals Of Research -- 1.1.Introduction -- 1.2.The origins of research -- 1.2.1.Universities -- 1.2.2.Consulting and market research firms -- 1.2.3.Government institutions -- 1.2.4.Company in-house research teams -- 1.3.The dissemination of research -- 1.4.Basic terminologies -- 1.5.Types of research -- 1.5.1.Inductive vs deductive -- 1.5.2.Quantitative vs qualitative vs mixed -- 1.5.3.Conceptually driven vs issue-driven -- 1.6.Fundamental research expectations -- 1.6.1.Objectivity -- 1.6.2.Rigour -- 1.6.3.Replicability -- 1.6.4.Parsimony -- 1.6.5.Generalizability -- 1.7.Research ethics -- 1.7.1.Reporting of research findings and rectifying error reporting -- 1.7.2.Referencing -- 1.7.3.Plagiarism -- 1.7.4.Authorship and ownership -- 1.7.5.Acknowledgements -- 1.7.6.Submission of manuscripts for publication -- 1.7.7.Conflict of interest -- 1.8.Consequences of breach of ethical research behaviour -- |
| Summary |
This book will provide you with a clear understanding of the commonly used methods in business and management research, and enable you to tackle the fundamental elements of the research process. This book: contains conversation boxes which answer and discuss the typical research questions you may have focuses on the judgement calls that you will need to make in your research uniquely demonstrates the circular relationships between research elements ensuring that you can relate chapters to your research process in real life provides key insights into what the examiners and journals will look for in your research to help you get the best possible grades |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Business -- Research -- Methodology.
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Research -- Management.
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| ISBN |
1847870252 (hardback) |
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1847870260 (paperback) |
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9781847870254 (hardback) |
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9781847870261 (paperback) |
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