Theory Building for Hypothesis Specification in Organizational Studies
- Badrinarayan Shankar Pawar - Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode, India
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The key areas covered in the book are:
- Introduction to theory building.
- Theory in the context of reality, knowledge, science and research.
- Role of theory in research.
- Units of theory.
- Process and practice of theory building.
- Observations and examples from published research.
- Extensions of theory building for hypothesis specification.
The uniqueness of the book lies in its focus on theory building for the specific purpose of hypothesis creation, rather than for propounding any grand theory, idea or concept. It is enhanced with insightful thoughts and citations of other great thinkers and researchers of international repute.
The book will serve as essential reading material for research methods courses in various research degree programmes such as M Phil and PhD and Fellow programmes in Management. It will be useful for researchers in the areas of organizational behavior, human resource management, organization theory, strategy and policy and marketing.
Pawar’s book is extremely well written, abundantly useful and a seminal contribution to the literature on theory building. It is a concise book that can inform academically inclined managers on what is essential to research. And undoubtedly, this book is a reassuring bedside text for management doctoral scholars of all time.
A holistic guide to theory building...enhanced with insightful thoughts and citations of other great thinkers and researchers of international repute. This book will serve as an essential reading material for research method courses in various research degree programs such as M.Phil and Ph.D and fellow programs in management. It will be useful for the researchers in the areas of organizational behaviour, human resource management, organization theory, strategy and policy and marketing.
[The book] addresses an important gap in the training of post-graduate and advanced bachelor’s level students...the book will help students gain an understanding of a critical part of the research design process and hopefully encourage the formation and refinement of creative research ideas.
This book is meant for researchers pursuing quantitative research and interested in doing incremental science. The author has used the positivistic approach to theory building and the book is an outcome of this approach. He has distilled his extensive experience of teaching research methods course to come up with a book that can be used both as a text book by doctoral students and as a ready reckoner by practicing researcher. This book is useful for a researcher who might often come across various terms (concept, construct, variable, premise, mediation, etc.).... this book will be better knowledge of both in text citation and end of text referencing. This book brings together various aspects of theory building under a single umbrella. Guided by an able instructor, this book can serve as a text book for a research methods course.
