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Klappentext These 120 articles have been carefully selected to capture the current methodological variations in business and management research and to highlight the important philosophical assumptions that underpin these variances. Seminal articles from leading thinkers are drawn together under the umbrella of six key areas and provide a revealing road map through the field of business and management research. Volume 1 considers different philosophical stances and their methodological implications, Volumes 2 to 5 look at the broad spectrum of research approaches; such as positivism, Neo-Empiricism, the combination of qualitative and quantative Methodologies and social constructionist approaches. Volume 6 explores the challenges associated with trying to evaluate the quality of business and management research. Zusammenfassung Contains 120 articles selected to capture the current methodological variations in business and management research and to highlight the important philosophical assumptions that underpin these variances. Seminal articles from leading thinkers are drawn together providing a road map through the field of business and management research. Inhaltsverzeichnis VOLUME ONE: RECENT METHODOLOGICAL DEBATES AND DISPUTES IN BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT RESEARCH Mapping the Terrain - P Johnson and M Clark An Overview of Business and Management Research Methodologies Intellectual, Ideological and Political Obstacles to the Advancement of Organizational Science - R Hogan and R Sinclair The Scientific Status of Management Research as a Practically Oriented Social Science - R Whitely Barriers to the Advancement of Organization Science - J Pfeffer Paradigm Development as a Dependent Variable Style as Theory - J Van Maanen The Case for the Natural Science Model for Research in Organizational Behaviour and Organization Theory - O Behling The Case for Qualitative Research - G Morgan and L Smircich The Nature of a Paradigm - M Masterman Multiple Paradigms and Organizational Analysis - J Hassard A Case Study In Defence of Paradigm Incommensurability - N Jackson and P Carter Breaking the Paradigm Mentality - H Willmott Multi-Paradigm Perspectives on Theory-Building - D A Gioia and E Pitre Empirical Research in Accounting - R Laughlin Alternative Approaches and a Case for ¿Middle-Range¿ Thinking Changing Spaces - D Knights The Disruptive Impact of a New Epistemological Location for the Study of Management Re-Cognizing the Other - H Willmott Reflections of a New Sensibility in Social and Organization Studies Relativity without Relativism - C Hardy and S Clegg Reflexivity in Post-Paradigm Organization Studies Reflexivity in Management Research - P Johnson and J Duberley A Critique of Postmodernism in Organization Studies - L Donaldson Postmodernism and Management - Pros, Cons and the Alternative VOLUME TWO: POSITIVSIM: DEDUCTIVE RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES PART ONE: THE TRUE OR CLASSICAL EXPERIMENTAL BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT RESEARCH Influence Tactics, Affect and Exchange Quality in Supervisor-Subordinate Interactions - S J Wayne and G R Ferris A Laboratory Experiment and Field Study The Hawthorne Effect - J G Adair A Reconsideration of the Methodological Artifact PART TWO: QUASI-EXPERIMENTAL BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT RESEARCH The Effects of Job Enrichment on Employee Satisfaction, Motivation, Involvement and Performance - C Orpen A Field Experiment The Outcomes of Autonomous Workgroups - T D Wall et al A Long-Term Field Experiment PART THREE: DEDUCTIVE FORMS OF ACTION RESEARCH IN BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT Action Research and Minority Problems - K Lewin Action Research - A Warmington Its Methods and Its Implications Action Research and Scientific Method - H Arguinis Presumed Discrepancies and...
