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MNGT502-17A (HAM)
Research Methods in Management Studies for Economics and Finance
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Paper Description
Paper Structure
Learning Outcomes
Students who successfully complete the course should be able to:
Assessment
Assessment Components
The internal assessment/exam ratio (as stated in the University Calendar) is 1:0. There is no final exam.
Required and Recommended Readings
Required Readings
The main text for the paper is:
Business Research Methods, Alan Bryman and Emma Bell, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2003/2007. (HD30.4 .B79 2007)
This book is stocked at Bennetts Bookstore at the university. Any basic research methods text can substitute for this text. The intent is to have a reference for questions that might arise during the course or in the future. The paper will not follow the text per se, but it is anticipated that students will wish to consult it periodically now and throughout their research lives.
Also, two other texts are held in the university library and will be on course reserve. These books are:
Case Study Research: Design and Methods, R.K. Yin, Sage, London, 2009. (H62.Y56 2009)
Mail and Internet Surveys: The Tailored Design Method,Don A. Dillman, Wiley-Interscience, New York, 2000. (HN29.D55 2000)
In addition, several journal articles are prescribed reading for this paper. A partial list appears in this outline (more articles might arise during the paper which have yet to be identified). Most of the prescribed journal readings will either be supplied by the lecturer or are available online on the course web pages.
Finally, several indexing resources are available in the library [online]. See theSchool's database page - http://www.mngt.waikato.ac.nz/knowledge%20Centre/Online%20databases/
or LibraryLink pages
http://www.waikato.ac.nz/library/resources/librarylink/
if you require further information on the following:
ACM Guide to Computing QA76.C7392
ACM Digital Library - http://ezproxy.waikato.ac.nz:2048/login?url=http://www.acm.org/dl/
Emerald
http://ezproxy.waikato.ac.nz:2048/login?url=http://www.emeraldinsight.com
ISI Web of Science
http://ezproxy.waikato.ac.nz:2048/login?url=http://portal.isiknowledge.com/portal.cgi?DestApp=WOS&Func=Frame
Compumath Citation Index QA36.C738 (A&I)
Computing Review QA76.C739
Computer Abstract QA76.C783 – see EmeraldKnowledge Index
CLASS READINGS
Introduction, Paradigms, Design
Alvarado, F., (1996) "Concerning Postmodernity and Organizations in the Third World: Opening a Debate and Suggestions for a Research Agenda", Organization Science, 7, 6, 667-681.
Burrell, G., and G. Morgan, (1979) Sociological Paradigms and Organisational Analysis, Heineman, London.
Meredith, J.R. (1995) "What Is Empirical Research?" Decision Line, March, 10-11.
Moore, N. (2000). Develop the Research Objectives. How to Do Research, London: Facet Publishing. ix-xv, 3-9.
Ethics
Frankfort-Nachmias, C. and D. Nachmias. (1996). Ethics in Social Science Research, In Research Methods in the Social Sciences, Ch4. St. Martin’s Press, NY.
Literature Reviews
Parsons, L.C. and M.S. Harris. (2002). Relevance, Writing Style, and Synthesis: Key Elements in a Focused Review of the Literature. Orthopedic Nursing, 21(5). 65.
Rowley, J. and F. Slack. (2004). Conducting a Literature Review. Management Research News, 27(6), 31-39.
Torraco, R. J. (2005). Writing Integrative Literature Reviews: Guidelines and Examples. Human Resource Development Review, 4(3), 356-367.
Webster, J. and Watson, R.T. (2002). Analysing the Past to Prepare for the Future: Writing a Literature Review. MIS Quarterly, 26(2). xiii-xxiii.
Design
Orlikowski, W.J. and J.J. Baroudi, "Studying Information Technology in Organizations: Research Approaches and Assumptions", Information Systems Research, 2, 1, March 1991.
Deetz, S. (1996) "Describing Differences in Approaches to Organization Science: Rethinking Burrell and Morgan and Their Legacy", Organization Science, 7, 2, 191-207.
Doolin, B. "Field Research in Information Systems". Working paper. U of Waikato.
Robey, D. (1994) Diversity in Research on Information Systems. Decision Line. 6-7.
Survey
Pope, J.A. (1995) "Improving Survey Response Rates", Decision Line, March, 3-4.
Pinsonneault, A. and K. Kraemer, "Survey Research Methodology in Management Information Systems: An Assessment", Journal of Management Information Systems, Fall 1993, Vol. 10 No. 2., pp 75-105.
Validity and Reliability
Cook, T.D., and D.T. Campbell, "Four Kinds of Validity", Handbook of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, pp 51-75.
Dröge, C. (1996) "How Valid are Measurements?" Decision Line, Sept/Oct, 10-12.
Straub, D.W. and C.L. Carlson, (1989) "Validating Instruments in MIS Research", MIS Quarterly, 147-165.
Eisenhardt, K.M., (1989) "Building Theories from Case Study Research", Academy of Management Review. 14, pp 532-550.
Doolin, B., "Case Research in Information Systems: An Alternative Perspective", Research Report Series, 1994-8, Department of Management Systems, University of Waikato
Benbasat, I., D.K. Goldstein, & M. Mead, "The Case Research Strategy in Studies of Information Systems", MIS Quarterly, September 1987, p 369-386.
Walsham, G. (1995). “Interpretive case studies in IS research: Nature and method,” European Journal of Information Systems, 4(2), 74-81.
Action Research
Checkland, P. (1991) "From Framework Through Experience to Learning: The Essential Nature of Action Research", Information Systems Research, 397-403.
Elden, M. and R.F. Chisholm, (1993) "Emerging Varieties of Action Research: Introduction to the Special Issue", Human Relations, 46, 2, 121-142.
Chisholm, R.F. and M. Elden, (1993) "Features of Emerging Action Research", Human Relations, 46, 2, 275-298.
Robertson, J. (2000)“The Three Rs of Action Research: reciprocity, reflexivity and reflection-on-reality,” Education Action Research, 8, 2. 307-326.
Grounded Theory
Strauss, A. and J. Corbin. (1994). Grounded Theory Methodology. In Handbook of Qualitative Research, N. Denzin and Y. Lincoln, Sage.
Interviewing
Hannabuss, S. (1996). Research Interviews. New Library World, 97-107.
Postmodernism
Alvesson, M. (2002). Postmodernism and Social Research. Buckingham,UK; Open University Press. 1-17.
Interpreting Text
Van Dijk, T.A. (1998). Principles of Critical Discourse Analysis. In The Sociolinguistics Reader, Vol 2, Ch 14, Gender and Discourse. J. Cheshire and P. Trudge, Arnold, London. 367-393.
Lacity, M. C. and Janson, M.A. (1994). Understanding Qualitative Data: A Framework of Text Analysis Methods. Journal of MIS, 11(2), 137-155.
Recommended Readings
Other Resources
The following websites are good sources of information regarding research methodologies/methods – an expanded list is found later in this outline:
Peter Newsted at the University of Calgary:
http://www.isworld.org/surveyinstruments/surveyinstruments.htm
Varun Grover at the University of South Carolina:
http://people.clemson.edu/~vgrover/survey/MIS-SUVY.html
APA style of citations:
http://library.uvm.edu/guides/cite/
http://www.beadsland.com/weapas/
Michael Myers (Univ of Auckland) qualitative research methods:
http://www.auckland.ac.nz/msis/isworld/index.html
Action Research from the University of Sydney
http://www2.fhs.usyd.edu.au/arow/
Experimental Methods at Hong Kong University:
http://cebr.ust.hk/