Engaged scholarship [[electronic resource] ] : a guide for organizational and social research / / Andrew H. Van de Ven

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910808441203321
• Autore: Van de Ven Andrew H
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007
• ISBN: 1-383-03602-0; 9786611149949; 1-281-14994-2; 0-19-152762-9; 1-4294-9268-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (343 p.)
• Classificazione: 70.03
• Disciplina: 300.72
• Soggetti: Management - Research - Methodology; Research - Methodology; Learning and scholarship
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [300]-322) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Engaged scholarship in a professional school -- Philosophy of science underlying engaged scholarship -- Formulating the research problem -- Building a theory -- Variance and process models -- Designing variance studies -- Designing process studies -- Communicating and using research knowledge -- Practicing engaged scholarship -- Appendix : glossary to philosophy of science terms in chapter 2.
• Sommario/riassunto: A guide for organizational and social research in business studies and the social sciences, providing a clear framework for research design and methodology. It will be an invaluable tool for academics, researchers, and graduate students across the social sciences concerned with rigorous and relevant research in the contemporary world. - ;The relationship between theory and practice, research and action, is fundamental to all fields of applied social science. Should research findings and knowledge be useful for science, practice, and policy? If so, how should such research be designed, carried