Research Methods for Organizational Studies

Table of contents

• Title Page iii
• Contents in Brief v
• Contents vii
• About the Author xvii
• Preface xix
• I - Overview 1
• 1 - Introduction 3
• 2 - A Model of Empirical Research 13
• II - Measurement: Understanding Construct Validity 29
• 3 - Measurement Foundations: Validity and Validation 31
• 4 - Measurement Applications: Research Questionnaires 49
• III - Design: Addressing Internal Validity 69
• 5 - Research Design Foundations 71
• 6 - Design Applications: Experiments and Quasi-Experiments 95
• 7 - Design Applications: Field Studies and Surveys 119
• IV - Analysis: Investigating Empirical Relationships 135
• 8 - Data Analysis Foundations 137
• 9 - Analysis Applications: Describing Scores on a Single Variable 149
• 10 - Analysis Applications: Simple Correlation and Regression 165
• 11 - Analysis Applications: Multiple Correlation and Regression 191
• V- - Statistical Validation 221
• 12 - Statistical Inference Foundations 223
• 13 - Statistical Inference Applications 245
• Vi- - Generalization: Addressing External Validity 289
• 14 - External Validity 291
• Vii- - Research Reports 313
• 15 - Research Report Writing 315
• Viii- - Extensions 329
• 16 - On Incomplete Data 331
• 17 - On Reliability 343
• 18 - On Multicollinearity 359
• 19 - On Multiple Correlation and Regression Modeling 369
• Glossary 395
• References 411
• Author Index 415
• Subject Index 417

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