Easterby-Smith, Mark. <br/><br/>
Management research / 
Mark Easterby-Smith, Richard Thorpe and Paul Jackson. 
 - Fourth edition 
 - Los Angeles, CA:  Sage,  2012. 
 - xvi, 371 pages:  some color illustrations;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes bibliographical references (p. [348]-359) and index. 
<br/><br/>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 
<br/><br/> "Integrating qualitative and quantitative methods, underpinned by an understanding of philosophy and, crucially, politics, this text succeeds in tackling complex issues in a clear and accessible way, and its direct style should make it an invaluable companion to students." 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780857021175 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label> Institutional Fund 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Management--Research.<br/>Operations research.<br/>Organizational behavior.