Overview
Concise introduction to different research approaches in management science
Instructions how to select an appropriate method given a particular research question
Boxes with exercises and checklists
Extensive comparative glossary of methodology terms and notions
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Dr. J. Jonker is an associate professor and research fellow at the Nijmegen School of Management of the Radboud University Nijmegen (Holland). His main research interest focuses on organisational change, corporate social responsibility (CSR) and business strategy. He is a visiting professor at the University of Nottingham (UK), Versailles and Toulouse (France). He has written several books and numerous articles. He combines his academic work with business consulting, thus staying in touch with different discourses and realities.
Dr. B.J.W. Pennink is an assistant professor at the Faculty of Business Administration of the State University Groningen (Holland) where he mainly teaches courses in research methodology to undergraduates and graduates in different Master programs. In addition, he lectures at the Academy for Management (Enschede) and was a visiting lecturer at the University of Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso between 1991 and 2005.
They both have been lecturers in Qualitative Methodology for the Dutch Organisation for Business Research (NOBEM) between 1989 and 2004. NOBEM is a network between universities across The Netherlands providing methodology courses for PhD students in the field of business studies. This book is based on precious and pleasurable experience gained teaching together for more then a decade. A concise edition of this book appeared in Dutch under the title "De Kern van Methodologie" (2000 and 2004), published by Royal Van Gorcum Publishers (Assen).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Essence of Research Methodology
Book Subtitle: A Concise Guide for Master and PhD Students in Management Science
Authors: Jan Jonker, Bartjan Pennink
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-71659-4
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Business and Economics, Business and Management (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2009
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-71658-7Published: 11 March 2010
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-42478-6Published: 14 November 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-71659-4Published: 10 March 2010
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 171
Topics: Business and Management, general