Research concepts for management studies
By: Alan Berkeley Thomas.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Subjects: Management -- Study and teaching; Management -- Study and teaching -- Methodology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada."
Table of contents: title: What does it all mean? Language, research and management studies; title: Some features of language and discourse; title: The problem of meaning and the vocabulary of research; title: Contexts of meaning; title: Conclusion; title: Further reading; title: Science and management studies; title: The language of science; title: The standard model of science; title: Science and the social; title: The social science disciplines; title: Management studies and the social sciences; title: Conclusion on science; title: Further reading; title: Theory and management studies; title: The language of theory; title: Perspectives on theory; title: Theory in management studies; title: Conclusion on theory; title: Further reading; title: Data and management studies; title: The language of data; title: Data and reality; title: Data and social research; title: Data in management studies; title: Conclusion on data; title: Further reading; title: Validity and management studies; title: The language of validity; title: A brief history of validity in social research; title: Validity in quantitative research; title: Validity in qualitative research; title: Poststructuralism and validity; title: Validity in management studies; title: Conclusion on validity; title: Further reading; title: Significance and management studies; title: The language of significance; title: Values and value-freedom in research; title: Statistical significance: Is it significant?