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Zusatztext 'This text provides an invaluable discussion of key issues in management research. It takes the reader from an overview of the nature of the subject through to a discussion of key themes in an interesting and engaging manner. It provides insights for lecturers! postgraduate and research students into the nature of management research and its application' John McAuley (Sheffield Hallam University! UK)'This book provides comprehensive consideration of current challenges in management research and the forces that shape the field. An impressive array of leading academics provide insight into important debates in management research' Joanne Duberley (Birmingham University! UK) Informationen zum Autor Catherine Cassell is Professor of Organisational Psychology and Head of the People, Management and Organisations Division at Manchester Business School. She has published widely in the area of research methodology within the management and organizational field, including editing four books on qualitative research methods with Gillian Symon. Bill Lee is a senior lecturer in Accounting and Financial Management at the University of Sheffield Management School where he is also Director of the Doctoral Programme. He has published widely and his recent publications include articles in Accounting Forum, Critical Perspectives on Accounting and Work, Employment and Society. Klappentext Challenges and Controversies in Management Research explores the history and cultural context, current issues and controversies and potential development of research in the field of management. The collection of essays is written by scholars of international standing, and the chapters address the development of management research in one or another continent, the need for global collaboration, the current state of management research and the development of the business school setting in which that research takes place. Factors affecting management research are explored in detail, giving consideration to the relationship between teaching, ethical conduct, publication, quality audits, collegiality and research. Contributions in the book also explore the development and usefulness of theories in management research and consider the relevance of management research and its applicability for management practice, policy-makers and the voluntary sector. A final section of contributions explores the future challenges for management research including the realization of reflexivity, the enduring gender bias of the management field, the future of theory, the patterns of development of new areas of management research and the need to manage large databases. Zusammenfassung "Management Research". Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction: Key Debates, Challenges and Controversies in Management Research. Catherine Cassell and Bill Lee Section I: Positioning Management Research 2. Positioning Current UK Management Research. Richard Thorpe and Paul Ellwood 3. Business and Management Research in the UK from 1900 to 2009 and Beyond. Huw Morris 4. Management Research: A View From the Baltic. Asta Pundzienë 5. Comparative Research Epistemology and Methodology: Past, Present and Promising. Ralph Stablein and Joy Panoho 6. Global Research: Transcending Boundaries When Learning to Collaborate and Learning from Collaboration. Elena Antonacopolou Section II: The Institutional Context 7. Linking Management Research and Management Education: Syntheses and Challenges. Steven Armstrong and Cynthia Fukami 8. Managerialism and Management Research: Would Melville Dalton Get a Job Today? Emma Bell 9. Publishing Management Research. Rolf van Dick 10. Research Audits and Their Financial Consequences. Michael Rowlinson, John Hassard and Simon Mohun 11. (AC)Counting Research: The Va...
