Includes bibliographical references (p. [348]-359) and index. Easterby-Smith, M., Thorpe, R., & Jackson, P. (2012). Management research (4th ed). London: SAGE.

Companion website -- Introduction management and business research -- The philosophy of management research -- Designing management research -- The politics and ethics of management research -- Reviewing the literature -- Creating qualitative data -- Framing qualitative data -- Creating quantitative data -- Summarizing and making inferences from quantitative data -- Multivariate analysis -- Writing management and business research

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