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Doing research in business and management : an introduction to process and method

Table of Contents: “…Foreword 1 (1) Preface 2 (2) How to Use this Book 4 (1) Layout of the Book 5 (2) About the Authors 7 (2) Acknowledgements 9 (1) Prologue 10 (4) 1 CONTEXT AND PROCESS 14 (58) 1 Business and Management Research in Perspective 14 (8) 2 Philosophical Background to Research 22 (20) 3 Research Strategies and Tactics 42 (20) 4 The Research Programme and Process 62 (10) II APPROACH, METHOD AND DATA 72 (154) 5 The Positivist Approach to Empirical Research 72 (20) 6 Phenomenology: The Non-Positivist Approach 92 (27) 7 The Research Process 119 (20) 8 Collecting Empirical Data 139 (10) 9 The Questionnaire or Measuring Instrument 149 (11) 10 The Case Study 160 (31) 11 The Sample 191 (14) 12 Statistical Analysis 205 (21) III REPORTING RESEARCH 226 (35) 13 Ethical Considerations 226 (14) 14 Writing up the Research 240 (7) 15 Evaluation of Masters and Doctoral Degrees 247 (14) Appendix A: A Note on Academic Degrees 261 (3) Appendix B: Measuring Instruments 264 (11) Appendix C: Further Information on Statistical Analysis 275 (2) Appendix D: Useful Web Site Addresses 277 (1) Appendix E: Software for Qualitative Evidence Analysis 278 (2) Appendix F: A Glossary of Terms 280 (12) References 292 (8) Index 300…”