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

• List of Figures and Tables
• Foreword: Vision and Reality Joseph F. Hair Jr.
• Preliminary Introductions
• Preface: What's Unique for Practitioners - Kenneth D. Strang
• Contributor Biographies
• Part I Research Design Guidelines
• 1 Why Practitioner-Scholars Need a Research Design Typology - Kenneth D. Strang
• 2 Articulating a Research Design Ideology - Kenneth D. Strang
• 3 Developing a Goal-Driven Research Strategy - Kenneth D. Strang
• 4 Matching Research Method with Ideology and Strategy - Kenneth D. Strang
• 5 Selecting Research Techniques for a Method and Strategy - Kenneth D. Strang
• 6 Design Issues in Cross-Cultural Research: Suggestions for Researchers - Linda Brennan, Lukas Parker, Dang Nguyen, and Torgeir Aleti
• 7 Establishing Rationale and Significance of Research - Judith Hahn
• 8 Organizing and Conducting Scholarly Literature Reviews - Linnaya Graf
• 9 Interpreting Findings and Discussing Implications for All Ideologies - Mary Ann Rafoth, George Semich, and Richard Fuller
• Part II Positivist Applications
• 10 Implications of Experimental versus Quasi-Experimental Designs - Jeremy W. Grabbe
• 11 Structural Equation Modeling: Principles, Processes, and Practices - Sewon Kim, Edward Sturman, and Eun Sook Kim
• 12 Correlation to Logistic Regression Illustrated with a Victimization-Sexual Orientation Study - Creaig A. Dunton and Mark Beaulieu
• 13 Survey Method versus Longitudinal Surveys and Observation for Data Collection - John F. Gaski
• 14 Cross-Sectional Survey and Multiple Correspondence Analysis of Financial Manager Behavior - Kenneth D. Strang
• 15 Control Variables: Problematic Issues and Best Practices - Leon Schjoedt and Krittaya Sangboon
• 16 Monte Carlo Simulation Using Excel: Case Study in Financial Forecasting - Seifedine Kadry
• Part III Pragmatistic Applications
• 17 Critical Analysis Using Four Case Studies across Industries - Linnaya Graf
• 18 Integrating Multiple Case Studies with a Merger and Acquisition Example - Lars Schweizer
• 19 Iterative-Pragmatic Case Study Method and Comparisons with Other Case Study Method Ideologies - Harm-Jan Steenhuis
• 20 Action Research Applied with Two Single Case Studies - Angeline Lim and Dae Seok Chai
• 21 Transportation Queue Action Research at an Australian Titanium Dioxide Mining Refinery - Kenneth D. Strang
• 22 Participant Observation as Ethnography or Ethnography as Participant Observation in Organizational Research - Peter John Sandiford
• Part IV Constructivist Applications
• 23 Constructivist Grounded Theory Applied to a Culture Study - Namsimha Rao Vajjhala
• 24 Phenomenology Variations from Traditional Approaches to Eidetic and Hermeneutic Applications - Jullian McCarthy
• 25 Hermeneutic and Eidetic Phenomenology Applied to a Clinical Health-Care Study - Jillian McCarthy
• 26 Structure of a Dissertation for a Participatory Phenomenology Design - Judith Hahn
• 27 Emancipatory Phenomenology Applied to a Child Sex Offender Study - Rodney Alexander
• Part V Final Generalizations and Descriptive Characteristics
• 28 Gaps to Address in Future Research Design Practices - Kenneth D. Strang, Linda Brennan, Narasimha Rao Vajjhala, and Judith Hahn