Machine derived contents note: 1 Methods and Methodology: The Problem of -- Industrial Relations 1 -- Di Kelly -- 2 An Essay on Method and Industrial Relations 13 -- Braham Dabscheck -- 3 Tackling a Thesis 24 -- Robert Castle -- 4 Research Design and Research Strategy 31 -- David H. Plowman -- 5 'Hopeful But Modest': Research Design for -- Industrial Relations 48 -- Margaret Gardner -- 6 The Literature Search and Review 64 -- Bradon Ellem -- 7 Analysing Documents 73 -- Bradon Ellem -- 8 Researching Labour Law 80 -- Andrew Frazer -- 9 Designing and Administering Questionnaires 107 -- Ron Callus -- 10 Making a Good Case: The Case Study 119 -- Di Kelly -- -- -- -- 11 Interviewing, Observation and Ethnography: -- Techniques and Selection Criteria 136 -- Paul Sutcliffe -- 12 The Multi-Method Approach: Benefits and -- Challenges 151 -- John Buchanan -- 13 Put It in Writing! Some Guidelines for -- Commissioned Report Writing 164 -- Michelle Brown -- 14 Righting It Up 178 -- Norm Dufty