TY - BOOK AU - Pawar,Badrinarayan Shankar TI - Theory building for hypothesis specification in organizational studies T2 - Response Books SN - 9786612503344 AV - HM786 .P38 2009 U1 - 302.3501 23 PY - 2009/// CY - Los Angeles, [Calif.], London PB - Response KW - Organizational sociology KW - Research KW - Methodology KW - Organizational behavior KW - Hypothesis N1 - Description based upon print version of record; Includes bibliographical references (p. [123]-126) and indexes; 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; Specialized N2 - 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 UR - https://buku.app/details/66059 ER -