The management research handbook: N. C raig S mith and P aul D ainty (Eds), Routledge (1991), 318 pp., £40.00

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Part I: Research Perspectives 1. Alternative Perspectives in the Organisational Sciences: Inquiry from the Inside and Inquiry from the Outside R. Evered and M.R. Louis 2. Multiple Paridigm Analysis: A Methodology for Management Research J.S. Hassard 3. The Case for the Natural Science Model for Research in Organizational Behaviour and Organization Theory O. Behling 4. Meaningful Management Research: The Meaning of Science in Relation to Management Research P. Dainty 5. What is Management Research? R. Bennett Part II: Research Methods 6. How is Management Research Carried Out? R. Bennett 7. Research Methodology in Organizational Studies P.M. Podsakoff and D.R. Dalton 8. Ethnomethodology and Organization: An Introduction J.S. Hassard 9. The Case Study: A Vital Yet Misunderstood Research Method for Management N.C. Smith 10. Management Field Research Using Reportory Grid Technique: Problems and Possibilities P. Dainty 11. Choosing a Survey Method in Management Research D. Jobber 12. Designing and Using Mail Questionnaires P.B. Cragg 13. A First Time User's Guide to Collection and Analysis of Interview Data from Senior Managers S.J. Hart Part III: Research Contexts 14. The Context of Doctoral Research N.C. Smith 15. Learning to do Research E. Philips 16. Understanding Supervisory Relationships P. Jeffcutt and A. Thomas 17. Writing up the Doctoral Thesis N. Clark 18. The Social Process of Research: Some Reflections on Developing a Multi-Disciplinary Accounting Project C. Tomkins, D. Rosenburg and I. Colville 19. Researching in Teams: Lessons from Experience M. King, R. Lee, J. Piper and J. Whittaker 20. Politics and Ethics in Action Research A. Kakabadse 21. Data Collection for Management Research in Developing Countries K. Ramachandran.