Workplace research: conducting small-scale research in organizations
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2016
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| Online-Zugang: | Inhaltsverzeichnis |
| Beschreibung: | Literaturverzeichnis Seite [251]-261 |
| Beschreibung: | VIII, 266 Seiten Illustrationen, Diagramme |
| ISBN: | 9781473913219 9781473913202 |
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| adam_text | CONTENTS
Acknowledgments ix
Preface x
1. Understanding small-scale applied workplace-based research 1
What is small-scale applied workplace-based research? 1
Breaking it down 1
The benefits 2
Do we really need a book on this? 5
Organizations need data 5
Types of decisions that can be data-driven 7
What are the challenges of workplace-based research? 8
Understanding and appreciating ‘political’ context 8
The research environment 10
How do you best navigate the process? 13
The ‘research’ stream 13
The ‘political’ stream 14
2. Finding your way through the workplace 16
Just how green are you? 16
A brave new world 17
Feeling like an imposter 18
Making the transition from student to employee 21
What’s what and who’s who 24
Becoming familiar with organizational structure 25
Understanding organizational culture 26
Knowing who the power people are 28
Agendas 30
Setting your agenda 30
Understanding organizational agendas 32
Bringing the two sets of agendas together 35
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3. Developing practicable and valuable research questions 37
issues before questions 37
Organizational problems and opportunities 38
Where can you contribute? 42
Deciding on appropriate evidence-based questions 45
The value of research questions 46
Practical questions 49
Politically relevant questions 50
Getting the research question on target 51
Narrowing the focus 52
Assessing your research question 53
Pitching your research question 55
Constructing the elevator pitch 56
Wading into the political stream 59
4. Doing the prep 61
Reading for research 62
Where to start 67
Being systematic 73
Do you need a formal literature review? 78
Developing a research plan 81
From questions to methods 81
Working backwards: towards aims and objectives 83
Getting down to details 86
Crafting a research proposal 88
Purpose of the proposal 88
Anatomy of a research proposal 90
Integrity in the production of knowledge 97
Integrity in research 97
Researcher attributes 101
Making relevant and appropriate arguments 104
Integrity and the researched 108
5. Working with existing data 116
What is existing data? 116
Benefits and challenges of working with existing data 117
Types of existing data 119
Working with tangible data 120
Document analysis 120
Secondary analysis 123
Working with online data 125
Online databases 126
Contents
Big data 127
Web mining 130
Strategies for productive online research 131
Assessing credibility of online data 132
Analyzing previous studies 133
Systematic review 134
Meta-analysis 13 6
6. Gathering primary data 139
The benefits and challenges of primary data 139
Primary data collection methods 140
Are two methods better than one? 142
Seeking respondents 143
Sampling for primary data collection 144
Key informants: working with experts and insiders 153
Collecting survey data 15 6
Planning 157
Formulating questions 161
Conducting the survey 167
Collecting interview data 170
Planning 172
Formulating questions 174
Conducting the interview 177
Collecting focus group data 181
Managing the workload 182
7. Analyzing your data 185
From raw data to meaningful understanding 185
Diving in 185
Analyzing qualitative data 188
Steps in qualitative analysis for organization-based research 189
Drawing conclusions 194
Analyzing quantitative data 197
Understanding variables 198
Using measurement scales 198
Descriptive statistics 199
Inferential statistics 203
Selecting the right statistical test 205
Presenting findings 207
Presenting qualitative data 210
Presenting quantitative data 211
Generating visualizations 217
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Drawing conclusions and formulating recommendations 219
Drawing conclusions 219
Formulating recommendations 220
8. Producing effective deliverables 223
Delivering the deliverables 223
Writing for varied audiences 225
The logic of research reports and professional reports 226
Creating an effective executive summary 233
From first to final draft 235
Preparing persuasive presentations 239
Avoiding death by PowerPoint (for yourself and others) 240
Dealing with anxiety 242
Dealing with audience questions 243
Types of questions 243
A note on employability 244
Demonstrating valuable skill-sets on your CV 245
Leveraging your project in job interviews 248
That’s all folks? 250
Bibliography
Index
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