The SAGE Handbook of Organizational Research Methods - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1412931185 ISBN 13: 9781412931182

Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2009

Synopsis

The SAGE Handbook of Organizational Research Methods provides a rich resource for organizational researchers, locating the technical aspects of organizational research in the wider context of the relevant personal, epistemological, theoretical, historical, ethical, and political issues.

David Buchanan and Alan Bryman have gathered together many of the world′s leading writers on theory, method, and analysis in organizational research and have made this the most comprehensive and cutting-edge volume in this ever-growing field. The Handbook aims to:

• Provide a comprehensive critical review of contemporary issues, debates, field practice, and trends across the domain of organizational research
• Locate current thinking, debates, and methods in the history of organizational research
• Identify trends, theories, and issues which have the potential to shape the underpinning epistemologies, theories and methodologies of future organizational research
• Explore strategies for bridging the gap between researchers and those who are in a position to act on research findings to influence organizational practice

The SAGE Handbook of Organizational Research Methods provides an impressively comprehensive critical review of contemporary issues, debates and trends across the domain of organizational research. It will be an indispensable reference work for all organizational researchers.

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About the Authors

David is Emeritus Professor of Organizational Behaviour at Cranfield University School of Management, and Visiting Professor at Nottingham Business School.  He works freelance as a consultant, speaker, and author, specializing in change management and organization politics.  He has a Doctorate in Organizational Behaviour from Edinburgh University, was Director of Loughborough University Business School from 1992 to 1995, has held visiting posts in Australian and Canadian management schools, and has worked often in Australia and Sweden.


Alan Bryman is Professor of Organizational and Social Research, School of Management, University of Leicester, UK.

Edition details

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1412931185
• ISBN 13: 9781412931182
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 776
• Editor: Buchanan David A., Bryman Alan