Handbook of research methods in corporate social responsibility Contents: Introduction David Crowther and Linne Marie Lauesen Part I: Methodology planning 1. Grounded theory in corporate social responsibility research Vilma Žydžiūnaitė and Loreta Tauginienė 2. Using a mixed methods approach for corporate social responsibility research Jane Claydon 3. Imperative of meta study for research in the field of corporate social responsibility and emerging issues in corporate governance Lukman Raimi 4. Ethics in the research process David Crowther 5. Research methods in organization management and management accounting: an evaluation of quantitative and qualitative approaches Miriam Green 6. Methodological and epistemological perspectives in the study of corporate social responsibility in Colombia Duván Emilio Ramírez Ospina and José Fernando Muñoz Ospina Part II: Quantitative methods 7. Game theory as a research tool for sustainability Shahla Seifi 8. Key concerns in longitudinal study design Rima Kalinauskaitė 9. Sampling and sampling procedures in corporate social responsibility research Habib Zaman Khan and Md. Rashidozzaman Khan 10. Food deserts in British cities : comparing food access obesity and ethnicity in Leicester and Stoke on Trent Hillary Shaw 11. The application of statistical methods in CSR research Christopher Boachie and George K. Amoako 12. Regression techniques and its application in the corporate social responsibility domain: an overview Sonali Bhattacharya Madhvi Sethi Abhishek Behl and V.G. Venkatesh Part III: Qualitative methods 13. Analytic autoethnography as a tool to enhance reflection reflexivity and critical thinking in CSR research Fernanda de Paiva Duarte 14. Insights regarding the applicability of semiotics to CSR communication research Kemi C. Yekini 15. Ethnographic research methods in CSR research : building theory out of peoples everyday life with materials objects practices and symbolic constructions Linne Marie Lauesen 16. Interviews as an instrument to explore management motivation for corporate social and environmental reporting Homaira Semeen and Muhammad Azizul Islam 17. Participant observation as the data collection tool and its usage in the CSR researches Ilke Oruc 18. Application of correspondence analysis to determinants of human resources disclosure Esther Ortiz and José G. Clavel 19. The application of survey methodology in CSR research Christopher Boachie 20. Content analysis method: a proposed scoring for quantitative and qualitative disclosures Juniati Gunawan and Kumalawati Abadi 21. Focus groups in social accounting as a stakeholder engagement tool Sara Moggi 22. A phenomenological study of moral discourse social justice and CSR Julia J.A. Shaw 23. Social network analysis in CSR research Duygu Turker 24.Theoretical storytelling as meta frame for all research methods in corporate social responsibility Linne Marie Lauesen Part IV: Future research agenda 25. Philosophical prolegomena to all future research in CSR Nicholas Capaldi 26. Beyond strategic CSR : the concept of responsibility as the foundation of ethics: political technological and economic responsibility for the future of humanity Jacob Dahl Rendtorff 27. From positivism to social constructivism: an emerging trend for CSR researchers Martin Samy and Fiona Robertson Index. Corporate social responsibility now touches upon most aspects of the interaction between business and society. The approaches taken to research in this area are as varied as the topics that are researched; yet this is the first book to address the whole range of methods available. This Handbook identifies the existing methods evaluates their use and discusses the circumstances in which they might be appropriate. The design of a research project is an essential part of undertaking research as is choosing appropriate methods for investigation and analysis. In addition business and management research raises theoretical and practical problems that are not encountered in other fields. The chapters address this challenge over distinct parts. Part I on methodology planning is concerned with various aspects of planning the research project including secondary data and ethics in the research process. Parts II and III outline quantitative and qualitative methods respectively covering the vast majority of relevant approaches. Part IV provides forward thinking guidance from experienced academics on the future directions of research in this area. Aimed specifically at researchers this comprehensive and in depth Handbook provides an essential resource for anyone working at the forefront of corporate social responsibility research