The Palgrave Handbook of Research Design in Business and Management

Any research study needs a solid design before data collection or analysis can begin. This design ensures that any experimental evidence obtained by a researcher serves its purpose in making the researcher’s argument more robust. Just as an architect prepares a blueprint before he approves a construction project, a researcher needs to prepare a plan their own before they start their research.

The Palgrave Handbook of Research Design in Business and Management uses a new state-of-the-art research design typology model to guide researchers in creating the blueprints for their experiments. By focusing on theory and cutting-edge empirical best-practices, this handbook utilizes visual techniques to appease all learning styles.

Table of Contents

Part I: Research Design Guidelines
Chapter 1 Kenneth D. Strang: Why Practitioner-Scholars Need a Research Design Typology
Chapter 2 Kenneth D. Strang: Articulating a Research Design Ideology
Chapter 3 Kenneth D. Strang: Developing a Goal-Driven Research Strategy
Chapter 4 Kenneth D. Strang: Matching Research Method with Ideology and Strategy
Chapter 5 Kenneth D. Strang: Selecting Research Techniques for a Method and Strategy
Chapter 6 Linda Brennan, Lukas Parker, Dang Nguyen, and Torgeir Aleti: Design Issues in Cross-Cultural Research: Suggestions for Researchers
Chapter 7 Judith Hahn: Establishing Rationale and Significance of Research
Chapter 8 Linnaya Graf: Organizing and Conducting Scholarly Literature Reviews
Chapter 9 Mary Ann Rafoth, George Semich, and Richard Fuller: Interpreting Findings and Discussing Implications for All Ideologies

Part II: Positivist Applications
Chapter 10 Jeremy W. Grabbe: Implications of Experimental versus Quasi-Experimental Designs
Chapter 11 Sewon Kim, Edward Sturman, and Eun Sook Kim: Structural Equation Modeling: Principles, Processes, and Practices
Chapter 12 Creaig A. Dunton and Mark Beaulieu: Correlation to Logistic Regression Illustrated with a Victimization–Sexual Orientation Study
Chapter 13 John F. Gaski: Survey Method versus Longitudinal Surveys and Observation for Data Collection
Chapter 14 Kenneth D. Strang: Cross-Sectional Survey and Multiple Correspondence Analysis of Financial Manager Behavior
Chapter 15 Leon Schjoedt and Krittaya Sangboon: Control Variables: Problematic Issues and Best Practices
Chapter 16 Seifedine Kadry: Monte Carlo Simulation Using Excel: Case Study in Financial Forecasting

Part III: Pragmatistic Applications
Chapter 17 Linnaya Graf: Critical Analysis Using Four Case Studies across Industries
Chapter 18 Lars Schweizer: Integrating Multiple Case Studies with a Merger and Acquisition Example
Chapter 19 Harm-Jan Steenhuis: Iterative-Pragmatic Case Study Method and Comparisons with Other Case Study Method Ideologies
Chapter 20 Angeline Lim and Dae Seok Chai: Action Research Applied with Two Single Case Studies
Chapter 21 Kenneth D. Strang: Transportation Queue Action Research at an Australian Titanium Dioxide Mining Refinery
Chapter 22 Peter John Sandiford: Participant Observation as Ethnography or Ethnography as Participant Observation in Organizational Research

Part IV: Constructivist Applications
Chapter 23 Narasimha Rao Vajjhala: Constructivist Grounded Theory Applied to a Culture Study
Chapter 24 Jillian McCarthy: Phenomenology Variations from Traditional Approaches to Eidetic and Hermeneutic Applications
Chapter 25 Jillian McCarthy: Hermeneutic and Eidetic Phenomenology Applied to a Clinical Health-Care Study
Chapter 26 Judith Hahn: Structure of a Dissertation for a Participatory Phenomenology Design
Chapter 27 Rodney Alexander: Emancipatory Phenomenology Applied to a Child Sex Offender Study

Part V: Final Generalizations and Descriptive Characteristics
Chapter 28 Kenneth D. Strang, Linda Brennan, Narasimha Rao Vajjhala, and Judith Hahn: Gaps to Address in Future Research Design Practices