This bestselling textbook has been fully updated, and provides readers with a comprehensive overview of methods for conducting business and management research. Highly visual, and written in a clear and accessible way, the book includes helpful learning features throughout, including learning goals at the start of each chapter, a research in action feature, examples, a Research Plan Canvas template and more.
The content has been brought up-to-date with the inclusion of big data, predictive analytics and a dedicated chapter on machine learning.
Accompanying the book is a wealth of online resources to further enhance your learning experience, including:
- MCQs
- Video content
- Templates and data sets
- Glossary flashcards
- Additional case studies
These can be accessed by students at study.sagepub.com/easterbysmith7e
表中的内容
Chapter 1 FINDING YOUR FEET IN MANAGEMENT AND BUSINESS RESEARCH
Chapter 2 REVIEWING THE LITERATURE
Chapter 3 THE PHILOSOPHY OF MANAGEMENT AND BUSINESS RESEARCH
Chapter 4 DESIGNING MANAGEMENT AND BUSINESS RESEARCH
Chapter 5 THE ETHICAL RESEARCHER
Chapter 6 CRAFTING QUALITATIVE DATA THROUGH LANGUAGE AND TEXT
Chapter 7 CRAFTING QUALITATIVE DATA THROUGH OBSERVATION AND PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH
Chapter 8 FRAMING AND INTERPRETING QUALITATIVE DATA
Chapter 9 CRAFTING QUANTITATIVE DATA
Chapter 10 STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF QUANTITATIVE DATA
Chapter 11 APPLICATION OF MACHINE LEARNING IN QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH
Chapter 12 WRITING MANAGEMENT AND BUSINESS RESEARCH
关于作者
Danat Valizade is an Associate Professor in Quantitative Methods at the University of Leeds. With the background in labour economics and an established career in the trade union movement, he graduated with a Ph D in Business and Economic Studies from the University of Leeds. Danat′s research interests coalesce around the changing nature of work with a specific focus on the quality of working lives, inequalities and digital futures at work. His empirical research applies advanced econometrics and machine learning to foster a better understanding of causal mechanisms underpinning contemporary employment relations. He took part in numerous research project. He was co-investigator for the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) funded project on gender and ethnic disadvantages in the legal profession that analysed administrative records spanning the entire solicitor population in England and Wales. He is part of the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) funded project investigating the relationship between staffing levels and quality of care in care homes using large administrative datasets. He is leading the work on a nationally representative analysis of employers′ digital practices at work as part of the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) research centre on digital futures at work (Digit). Danat has published in leading sociology, human resource management and industrial relations journals. He sat on the editorial board of Work, Employment and Society and the executive committee of the British Universities Industrial Relations Associations. He is involved in Q-Step, a multimillion programme established by the Nuffield Foundation and the ESRC to help undergraduate students develop essential quantitative skills in the Social Sciences.
来自同一作者的更多电子书 / 编辑
254,716 此类电子书
