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Business Research Methods: Alan Bryman, Emma Bell
Business Research Methods: Alan Bryman, Emma Bell
RESEARCH METHODS
This near-encyclopaedic treatment will prove invaluable to students of research methods and to those
seeking practical help with a business research project. The volume is packed with useful examples and it
offers a balanced consideration of the array of available methods.
John Storey, Professor of Management, The Open University Business School
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Critical NEW
NEW Feminist Perspective on Social
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Management Research
EDITED BY SHARLENE NAGY HESSE-BIBER, Boston College, and
Studies MICHELLE YAISER, New England Institute of Art and Communication
RESEARCH METHODS
A Reader
As feminist scholarship has developed, it has become increasingly evident
EDITED BY CHRISTOPHER GREY, Reader in that the practice of feminist research is interdisciplinary. Yet there are very
Organizational Theory, the Judge Institute of Management, University of few books that address the methodological and theoretical issues raised in
Cambridge, and HUGH WILLMOTT, Diageo Professor of Management doing feminist research from an interdisciplinary standpoint. Feminist
Studies, the Judge Institute of Management, University of Cambridge Perspectives on Social Research addresses this need by focussing on the
theory and research methods that feminist scholars use to study women and
■ 17 key readings show the development and vibrancy of Critical gender from the humanities and social and behavioural science perspectives.
Management Studies. 448pp 2003 0-19-515811-3
■ Each reading and its significance is discussed. 978-0-19-515811-3 £22.99 Paperback (OUP USA)
■ Christopher Grey and Hugh Willmott's introduction reflects broadly
on the nature of Critical Management Studies.
'Critical Management Studies', or 'CMS', has emerged over the last ten years
as the term to describe a diverse group of work that has adopted a critical or
questioning approach to the traditional concerns of Management Studies. In
Making Sense in the Social
this time, CMS has come to exert an increasing influence in Management and
Management Studies, and while it has prompted fierce debate about its
Sciences
validity and use, there is no doubt that the rapidly growing interest in CMS Student’s Guide to Research, Writing and Style
has produced a vibrant and exciting body of work.
Second Edition
As an assessment of CMS, the Reader will be of interest to academics,
researchers, and students of Management Studies. As an introduction to MARGOT NORTHEY, Queens University, Canada, LORNE TEPPERMAN,
CMS, the book will prove invaluable to students taking courses requiring University of Toronto, Canada, and JAMES RUSSEL, University of Toronto,
familiarity with the CMS literature. Canada
450pp 2005 0-19-928608-6 Designed specifically for students of the social sciences, Making Sense in the
978-0-19-928608-9 £24.99 Paperback Social Sciences, is an accessible and useful research guide which outlines
the general principles of style, grammar, and usage, as well as discussing
research design, theory, measurement, and argument. It also has chapters
on how to write essays and exams.
280pp 2004 0-19-542100-0
Approaches to Qualitative 978-0-19-542100-2 £13.99 Paperback (OUP Canada)
Research
A Reader on Theory and Practice
EDITED BY SHARLENE NAGY HESSE-BIBER, Professor of Sociology, Approaches to Social
Boston College, and PATRICIA LEAVY, Assistant Professor, Stonehill College
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