Pawar, Badrinarayan Shankar,  1962- <br/><br/>
Theory building for hypothesis specification in organizational studies / 
Badrinarayan Shankar Pawar. 
 - Los Angeles, [Calif.] ;  London :  Response,  C2009. 
 - 1 online resource (xviii, 133 p.) :  ill. 
 - Response Books .
 - Response Books .
<br/><br/> Description based upon print version of record. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [123]-126) and indexes. 
<br/><br/>Cover; About the Author; Contents; List of Figures; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 - An Introduction to Theory Building and This Book; 2 - Theory in the Broader Context of Reality, Knowledge, Science, and Research; 3 - Theory: What It Is and Its Role in Research; 4 - Units of Theory; 5 - Some Aspects of the Process of Theory Building for Hypothesis Specification; 6 - Theory Building for Hypothesis Specification: Observations and Examples from Published Research; 7 - Theory Building for Hypothesis Specification: Some Extensions; References; Author Index; Subject Index 
<br/><br/> Research and research methods are extremely important tools in academic scholarship. At the core of every research method lies the hypothesis. This book focuses on developing a cogent theory that leads to the specification of a hypothesis that can be taken up for subsequent empirical examination. 
<br/><br/> Specialized. 
<br/><br/><br/>English 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9786612503344 9789352802203 9352802209 9781282503342 1282503340 9788132104360 8132104366 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Organizational sociology--Research--Methodology.<br/>Organizational behavior--Research--Methodology.<br/>Hypothesis.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HM786  / .P38 2009 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>302.3501