Writing for Academic Success A Postgraduate Guide

Chapter 1. Introducing Management and Business Research

Somekh, B. and Lewin, C. (2005) Research Methods in the Social Sciences (eds), Part 1. Research Communities in the Social Sciences, Somekh, B., Burman, E., Delamont, S. Meyer, J., Payne, M. and Thorpe, R. London: SAGE. pp. 1-14.

Thorpe, R. and Holt, R. (2008) The SAGE Dictionary of Qualitative Management Research, What is Management?, pp. 1-9, London: SAGE.

Wilkinson, D. (2005) The Essential Guide to Postgraduate Study, Developments in Postgraduate Studies, Chapter 2, pp. 8-38, London: SAGE.

Wilkinson, D. (2005) The Essential Guide to Postgraduate Study, Working with your Supervisor, Chapter 8, pp. 171-192. London: SAGE.

Silverman, D. (2005) Doing Qualitative Research, Making Good Use of your Supervisor, Chapter 18, pp. 270-276. London: SAGE.

Chapter 2. The philosophy of management research

Hassard, J. (1991) Multiple paradigms and organizational analysis: A case study, Organization Studies, 12 (2): 275-299.

Jackson, N and Carter, P. (1991) In defence of paradigm incommensurability, Organization Studies, 12 (1): 109-127.

Willmott, H. (1993) Breaking the Paradigm Mentality, Organization Studies, 14 (5): 681-719.

Chapter 3. Designing management research

Currall, S. C., T. H. Hammer, L. S. Baggett and G. M. Doniger (1999) Combining qualitative and quantitative methodologies to study group processes: An illustrative study of a corporate board of directors, Organizational Research Methods, 2 (1): 5-36.

Aguinis, H. (1993) Action research and scientific method: Presumed discrepancies and actual similarities, Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 29 (4): 416-431.

Podsakoff, P. M. and Dalton, D. R. (1987) Research methodology in organizational studies, Journal of Management, 13 (2): 419-441.

Chapter 4. The politics and ethics of management research 

Parker, M. (1998). Ethics and Organizations, SAGE: London. Chapter 1 'Introduction: Ethics, the Very Idea?' pp. 1-13

Chapter 5. Reviewing the Literature

Hart, C. (1998) Doing the Literature Review: Releasing the Social Science Research Imagination, SAGE: London.

Wilkinson, D. (2005) The Essential Guide to Postgraduate Study, Reading and Searching for information and seeking advice, Chapter 6, pp.136-150. London: SAGE.

Chapter 6. Creating qualitative data 

Reason, P. (1999) Integrating action and reflection through co-operative inquiry, Management Learning, 30 (2): 207-226.

Seale, C. (1999) Quality in qualitative research, Qualitative Inquiry, 5 (4): 465-478.

Treleaven, L. (2001) The turn to action and the linguistic turn: Towards an integrated methodology, in P. Reason and H. Bradbury (eds), Handbook of Action Research: Participative Inquiry and Practice, pp. 261-272, London: SAGE.

Chapter 7. Framing qualitative data 

Fielding, N. G. (2002) Automating the ineffable: Qualitative software and the meaning of qualitative research, in T. May (ed.), Qualitative Research in Action, pp. 161-178, London: SAGE.

Locke, K. (1996) Rewriting the discovery of grounded theory after 25 years, Journal of Management Inquiry, 5 (3): 239-245.

Barry Lewis, R. (2004) NVivo 2.0 and ATLAS.ti 5.0: a comparative review of two popular qualitative data analysis programs, Field Methods, 16: 439-64

Berger, R. And Rosenberg, E. (2008). The experience of abused women with their children's law guardians, Violence Against Women, 14: 71-92

Hsiu-Fang, H. And Shannon, S. E. (2005) Three approaches to qualitative content analysis as textual practices, Qualitative Health Research, 15 (9): 1277-88.

Chapter 8. Creating quantitative data 

Simsek, Z. and Veiga, J. F. (2001) A primer on internet organizational surveys. Organizational Research Methods, 4(3): 218-235.

An example of a web-based survey, and a field experiment design

S. Sen, C. B. Bhattacharya and D. Korschun (2006) The Role of Corporate Social Responsibility in Strengthening Multiple Stakeholder Relationships: A Field Experiment. Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, 34 (2): 158-166.

An example of using a structural equation model

R. Chun and G. Davies (2006) The Influence of Corporate Character on Customers and Employees: Exploring Similarities and Differences. Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, 34 (2): 138-146.

An example of a postal questionnaire and univariate statistical methods

T. Jackson (2001) Cultural values and management ethics: A 10-nation study. Human Relations, 54(10): 1267-1302.

An example of survey methodology followed by univariate and multivariate statistical methods

H-R. Kang, H-D. Yang and C. Rowley (2006) Factors in team effectiveness: Cognitive and demographic similarities of software development team members. Human Relations, 59 (12):1681-1710. An example of a laboratory experimental study which uses multiple regression analysis

C. D. Cramton, K. L. Orvis and J. M. Wilson (2007) Situation Invisibility and Attribution in Distributed Collaborations. Journal of Management, 33 (4): 525-546.

An example of a study using online advertisements as stimulus materials but no formal statistical tests

G. E. Hynes and M. Janson (2007) Global imagery in online advertisements. Business Communication Quarterly, 70 (4): 487-492.

An example of a study using univariate statistical tests and multiple regression analysis

C. A. Sprigg, P. R. Jackson and S. K. Parker (2000) Production teamworking: The importance of interdependence and autonomy for employee strain and satisfaction. Human Relations, 53 (11): 1519-1543.

An example of a longitudinal research design and analysis of variance

P. R. Jackson and P. E. Taylor (1994) Factors Associated with Employment Status in Later Working Life. Work, Employment & Society, 8 (4), 553-567.

Chapter 9. Summarizing and making inferences from quantitative data 

An example of a web-based survey, and a field experiment design

S. Sen, C. B. Bhattacharya and D. Korschun (2006) The Role of Corporate Social Responsibility in Strengthening Multiple Stakeholder Relationships: A Field Experiment. Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, 34 (2): 158-166.

An example of using a structural equation model

R. Chun and G. Davies (2006) The Influence of Corporate Character on Customers and Employees: Exploring Similarities and Differences. Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, 34 (2): 138-146.

An example of a postal questionnaire and univariate statistical methods

T. Jackson (2001) Cultural values and management ethics: A 10-nation study. Human Relations, 54(10): 1267-1302.

An example of survey methodology followed by univariate and multivariate statistical methods

H-R. Kang, H-D. Yang and C. Rowley (2006) Factors in team effectiveness: Cognitive and demographic similarities of software development team members. Human Relations, 59(12): 1681-1710.

An example of a laboratory experimental study which uses multiple regression analysis

C. D. Cramton, K. L. Orvis and J. M. Wilson (2007) Situation Invisibility and Attribution in Distributed Collaborations. Journal of Management, 33 (4): 525-546.

An example of a study using online advertisements as stimulus materials but no formal statistical tests

G. E. Hynes and M. Janson (2007) Global imagery in online advertisements. Business Communication Quarterly, 70 (4): 487-492.

An example of a study using univariate statistical tests and multiple regression analysis

C. A. Sprigg, P. R. Jackson and S. K. Parker (2000) Production teamworking: The importance of interdependence and autonomy for employee strain and satisfaction. Human Relations, 53 (11): 1519-1543.

An example of a longitudinal research design and analysis of variance

P. R. Jackson and P. E. Taylor (1994) Factors Associated with Employment Status in Later Working Life. Work, Employment & Society, 8 (4): 553-567.

Chapter 10. Multivariate analysis

An example of a web-based survey, and a field experiment design

S. Sen, C. B. Bhattacharya and D. Korschun (2006) The Role of Corporate Social Responsibility in Strengthening Multiple Stakeholder Relationships: A Field Experiment. Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, 34 (2): 158-166.

An example of using a structural equation model

R. Chun and G. Davies (2006) The Influence of Corporate Character on Customers and Employees: Exploring Similarities and Differences. Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, 34 (2): 138-146.

An example of a postal questionnaire and univariate statistical methods

T. Jackson (2001) Cultural values and management ethics: A 10-nation study. Human Relations, 54(10): 1267-1302.

An example of survey methodology followed by univariate and multivariate statistical methods

H-R. Kang, H-D. Yang and C. Rowley (2006) Factors in team effectiveness: Cognitive and demographic similarities of software development team members. Human Relations, 59(12): 1681-1710.

An example of a laboratory experimental study which uses multiple regression analysis

C. D. Cramton, K. L. Orvis and J. M. Wilson (2007) Situation Invisibility and Attribution in Distributed Collaborations. Journal of Management, 33 (4): 525-546.

An example of a study using online advertisements as stimulus materials but no formal statistical tests

G. E. Hynes and M. Janson (2007) Global imagery in online advertisements. Business Communication Quarterly, 70 (4): 487-492.

An example of a study using univariate statistical tests and multiple regression analysis

C. A. Sprigg, P. R. Jackson and S. K. Parker (2000) Production teamworking: The importance of interdependence and autonomy for employee strain and satisfaction. Human Relations, 53 (11): 1519-1543.

An example of a longitudinal research design and analysis of variance

P. R. Jackson and P. E. Taylor (1994) Factors Associated with Employment Status in Later Working Life. Work, Employment & Society, 8 (4): 553-567.

Chapter 11. Writing and disseminating management research 

Craswell, G. (2005) Writing for Academic Success: a Postgraduate Guide, Chapter 7. pp 163-202, London: SAGE.

Huff, A. S. (2002) Learning to be a Successful Writer, in Partington, D. (Ed) Essential Skills for Management Research, pp.72-83. London: SAGE.