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