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Theory building for hypothesis specification in organizational studies / Badrinarayan Shankar Pawar.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pawar, Badrinarayan Shankar, 1962-
- Series:
- Response Books
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Organizational sociology--Research--Methodology.
- Organizational sociology.
- Organizational behavior--Research--Methodology.
- Organizational behavior.
- Hypothesis.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xviii, 133 p.) : ill.
- Place of Publication:
- Los Angeles, [Calif.] ; London : Response, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Research and research methods are extremely important tools in academic scholarship. At the core of every research method lies the hypothesis. This book focuses on developing a cogent theory that leads to the specification of a hypothesis that can be taken up for subsequent empirical examination.
- Contents:
- Cover; About the Author; Contents; List of Figures; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 - An Introduction to Theory Building and This Book; 2 - Theory in the Broader Context of Reality, Knowledge, Science, and Research; 3 - Theory: What It Is and Its Role in Research; 4 - Units of Theory; 5 - Some Aspects of the Process of Theory Building for Hypothesis Specification; 6 - Theory Building for Hypothesis Specification: Observations and Examples from Published Research; 7 - Theory Building for Hypothesis Specification: Some Extensions; References; Author Index; Subject Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [123]-126) and indexes.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9786612503344
- 9789352802203
- 9352802209
- 9781282503342
- 1282503340
- 9788132104360
- 8132104366
- OCLC:
- 593304506
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