Designed for those who study organizations and the people within them, this valuable source book of research contains analysis and discussion of research methods (both quantitative and qualitative), in terms of their uses and limitations.

Glossary of abbreviations; Preface The nature of organizational research Measurement in organizational research: questionnaires and structured interviews Experimental research Survey Research Qualitative research Case study and action research Archival research and secondary analysis of survey data Structured observation, simulation, language studies and other methods of Data collection Issues in organizational research Bibliography and author index; Subject index