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1 online resource (x, 330 pages) |
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ch. 1. Research methods in industrial relations / George Strauss and Keith Whitfield -- ch. 2. What is distinctive about industrial relations research / Thomas A. Kochan -- ch. 3. Qualitative methods: technique or size / Richard Whipp -- ch. 4. Quantitative methods: it's not what you do, it's the way that you do it / Keith Whitfield -- ch. 5. Experimental methods / Jan Bruins -- ch. 6. Role and challenge of case study design in industrial relations research / Jim Kitay and Ron Callus -- ch. 7. In the eye of the beholder: ethnography in the study of work / Raymond A. Friedman and Darren C. McDaniel -- ch. 8. Participatory action research: getting involved and creating surprises at the workplace / William Foote Whyte -- ch. 9. Large-scale national surveys for mapping, monitoring, and theory development / Neil Millward, Paul Marginson, and Ron Callus -- ch. 10. Employee attitude surveys / Jean Hartley and Julian Barling -- ch. 11. Comparative international industrial relations / George Strauss -- ch. 12. Using workplace surveys for comparative research / Keith Whitfield, Rick Delbridge, and William Brown -- ch. 13. Digging up the past: historical methods in industrial relations research / Greg Patmore -- ch. 14. Legal methods: asking new questions about law and the world of work / Suzanne Hammond and Paul Ronfeldt -- ch. 15. Sociological approaches to employment research / Daniel B. Cornfield and Melinda D. Kane -- ch. 16. Industrial relations research and the American policy-making process / Jay S. Siegel -- ch. 17. Funders and research: the vulnerability of the subject / William Brown -- ch. 18. Retrospect and prospect / Keith Whitfield and George Strauss |
| Summary |
This book, the first on industrial relations research methods, comes at a time when the field of industrial relations is in flux and research strategy has become more complex and varied. Research that once focused on the relationship between labor and management now involves a wider range of issues. This change has raised a number of key questions about how research should be done. The contributors represent four countries and a range of fields, including economics, sociology, psychology, law, history, and industrial relations. They identify distinctive research strategies and suggest approaches that might be appropriate in the future. Among their concerns are the relative value of qualitative and quantitative methods, of using primary and secondary data, and of single versus multimethod techniques |
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Articles by contributors recruited by the Research Methods Study Group of the International Industrial Relations Association (IITA) |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-320) and index |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
Industrial relations -- Methodology
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations.
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Industrial relations -- Methodology
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Arbeitsbeziehungen
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Arbeitswissenschaft
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Methodologie
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Arbeidsverhoudingen.
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Methodologie.
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Méthodologie de recherche.
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Relations de travail.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Whitfield, Keith
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Strauss, George, 1923-2020
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| ISBN |
9781501717710 |
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1501717715 |
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