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This chapter discusses methodological issues pertaining to the studies reported in this book. It addresses some concerns and challenges in cross-cultural research with reference to concept measurement equivalence as well as methods for invariance testing of measures. It then provides an overview of the four studies, starting with the first survey questionnaire study through which we tested the factor structure, reliability and invariance of the instruments for the measurement of CSR and EO. Next, a description of the cognitive interviews with selected managers is provided, as well as methodological details of organizational interviews with HR managers with regard to socio-demographic characteristics of the organizations. The further development and validation of measures of CSR and EO practices in the second survey questionnaire study are described as well as the results from the testing of these measures for measurement equivalence between Indian and Swedish managers. This detailed account of the development and validation of research instruments for our study is presented in such a way as to be indicative for cross-cultural research designs in management and organizational behaviour research.
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Biswas, U.N., Allard, K., Pousette, A., Härenstam, A. (2017). Study Design and Methodologies. In: Understanding Attractive Work in a Globalized World. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6133-2_5
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