Constructing Research Questions - Doing Interesting Research

This book is essential reading for students and researchers looking to formulate interesting research questions and conduct more engaging and original research. 

List of contents

1 Research questions: a core ingredient in developing interesting theories
2 The context of constructing and formulating research questions
3 Gap-spotting: the prevalent way of constructing research questions in social science
4 A critical evaluation of gap-spotting research: does it lead to interesting theories?
5 Problematization as a methodology for generating research questions
6 Applying the problematization methodology
7 Why does gap-spotting dominate when it reduces the chance to create interesting theories?
8 Constructing interesting research questions: problematization and beyond

About the author

Mats Alvesson is Professor of Organization Studies at the University of Bath, and also affiliated with Lund University, Stockholm School of Economics and Bayes Business School, City, University of London.

Jörgen Sandberg is Professor in the University of Queensland (UQ) Business School and Honorary Professor at Warwick Business School.

Summary

This book is essential reading for students and researchers looking to formulate interesting research questions and conduct more engaging and original research.

Product details

• Authors: Mats Alvesson, Mats Sandberg Alvesson, Jorgen Sandberg, Sandberg Jorgen
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.05.2024
• EAN: 9781529629149
• ISBN: 978-1-5296-2914-9
• No. of pages: 160
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Business and Management, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Research, Research & development management, Social research & statistics, Social research and statistics, Research methods: general, For higher / tertiary / university education