The Palgrave Handbook of Research Design in Business and Management uses a new state-of-the-art research design typology model to guide researchers in creating the blueprints for their experiments. By focusing on theory and cutting-edge empirical best-practices, this handbook utilizes visual techniques to appease all learning styles.
Angeline Lim, Organisation Solutions, Singapore
Creaig Dunton, State University of New York College at Plattsburgh, USA
Dae Seok Chai, Texas A&M University, USA
Dang Nguyen, RMIT University Vietnam, Vietnam
Edward Sturman, State University of New York Plattsburgh, USA
Eun Sook Kim, University of South Florida, USA
George Samich, Robert Morris University, USA
Harm-Jan Steenhuis, Eastern Washington University, USA
Jeremy Grabbe, State University of New York Plattsburgh, USA
Jillian McCarthy, The University of Manchester, United Kingdom
John F. Gaski, University of Notre Dame, USA
Jude, State Social Service Department, USA
Kenneth David Strang, State University of New York, Plattsburgh at Queensbury, USA
Krittaya Sangboon, Mahasarakham University, Thailand
Lars Schweizer, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany
Leon Schjoedt, Indiana University South Bend, USA
Linda Brennan, RMIT, Australia
Linnaya Graf, Liberty University Online, USA
Lukas Parker, RMIT University Vietnam, Vietnam
Mark Beaulieu, State University of New York College at Plattsburgh, USA
Mary Ann Rafoth, Robert Morris University, USA
Narasimha Rao Vajjhala, University of New York Tirana, Albania
Peter John Sandiford, University of Adelaide Business School, Australia
Richard Fuller, Robert Morris University, USA
Rodney Alexander, Department of Defense, USA
Seifedine Kadry, American University of the Middle East, Kuwait
Sewon Kim, State University of New York Empire State, USA
Torgeir Aleti, Victoria University, Australia
Preliminary Material i. Foreword: Vision and Reality; Joseph F. Hair, Jr ii. Preface: What's Unique for Practitioners; Kenneth D. Strang Research Design Guidelines 1. Why Practitioner-Scholars Need a Research Design Typology; Kenneth D. Strang 2. Articulating a Research Design Ideology; Kenneth D. Strang 3. Developing a Goal-Driven Research Strategy; Kenneth D. Strang 4. Matching Research Method with Ideology and Strategy; Kenneth D. Strang 5. Selecting Research Techniques for a Method and Strategy; Kenneth D. Strang 6. Design Issues in Cross-Cultural Research: Suggestions for Researchers; Linda Brennan, Lukus Parker, Dang Nguyen, Torgeir Aleti 7. Establishing Rationale and Significance of Research; Judith Hahn 8. Organizing and Conducting Scholarly Literature Reviews; Linnaya Graf 9. Interpreting Findings and Discussing Implications for all Ideologies; Mary Ann Rafoth, George Semich, Richard Fuller Positivist Applications 10. Implications of Experimental Versus Quasi-Experimental Designs; Jeremy W. Grabbe 11. Structural Equation Modeling: Principles, Processes, and Practices; Sewon Kim, Edward Sturman, Eun Sook Kim 12. Correlation to Logistic Regression Illustrated with a Victimization-Sexual Orientation Study; Creaig A. Dunton, Mark Beaulieu 13. Survey Method versus Longitudinal Surveys and Observation for Data Collection; John F. Gaski 14. Cross-Sectional Survey and Correspondence Analysis of Financial Manager Behavior; Kenneth D. Strang 15. Control Variables: ProblematicIssues and Best Practices; Leon Schjoedt, Krittaya Sangboon 16. Monte-Carlo Simulation Using Excel: Case Study in Financial Forecasting; Seifedine Kadry Pragmativist Applications 17. Critical Analysis using Four Case Studies Across Industries; Linnaya Graf 18. Integrating Multiple Case Studies with a Merger and Acquisition Example; Lars Schweizer 19. Iterative-Pragmatic Case Study Method and Comparisons with other Case Study Method Ideologies; Harm-Jan Steenhuis 20. Action Research Applied with Two Single Case Studies; Angeline Lim, Dae Seok-Chai 21. Transportation Queue Action Research at an Australian Titanium Dioxide Mining Refinery; Kenneth D. Strang 22. Participant Observation as Ethnography or Ethnography as Participant Observation in Organizational Research; Peter Sandiford Constructivist Applications 23. Constructivist Grounded Theory Applied to a Culture Study; Narasimha R.Vajjhala 24. Phenomenology Variations from Traditional Approaches to Eidetic and Hermeneutic Applications; Jillian McCarthy 25. Hermeneutic and Eidetic Phenomenology Applied to a Clinical Healthcare Study; Jillian McCarthy 26. Structure of a Dissertation for a Participatory Phenomenology Design; Judith Hahn 27. Emancipatory Phenomenology Applied to a Child Sex Offender Study; Rodney Alexander Final Generalizations and Descriptive Characteristics 28. Gaps to Address in Future Research Design Practices; Kenneth D. Strang, Linda Brennan, Narasimha R.Vajjhala, Judith Hahn 29. Contributor Biographies
