Foundations for inquiry
Subtitle: choices and trade-offs in the organizational sciences
By: Craig C. Lundberg and Cheri A. Young.
Contributors: Young, Cheri Ann.
Publisher: Stanford Business Books
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 528
Subjects: Organization -- Research -- Methodology; Social sciences -- Research -- Methodology; Decision making
Description: "Foundations for Inquiry, a philosophy of social science book, demonstrates the myriad alternatives facing researchers, including assumptions they have about ways of creating knowledge, the beliefs and values they hold regarding reality, and the philosophical and managerial allegiances they hold. With this knowledge, readers will be aware of and can select among these alternatives, appreciate the tradeoffs involved, and understand how they affect the way data is collected, analyzed, and interpreted, and how "truth" is ultimately created."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [467]-510) and index.