Rogelberg Steven G. (ed.) Handbook of Research Methods in Industrial and Organizational Psychology

Wiley-Blackwell, 2004. — 520 p. — ISBN10: 0631222596; ISBN13: 978-0631222590.The Handbook of Research Methods in Industrial and Organizational Psychology is a comprehensive and contemporary treatment of research philosophies, approaches, tools, and techniques indigenous to industrial and organizational psychology. The overall vision of this handbook is to promote research excellence in industrial and organizational psychology and related disciplines interested in studying the world of work (e.g., organizational behavior, human resource management, and organizational development).
By promoting research excellence, it is hoped that this book will have an immediate and positive impact upon the pursuit, integration, and application of work-related knowledge. This research excellence, in turn, will hopefully serve to improve the world of work for individuals and teams, employees and management, owners and customers.The handbook is organized into three main parts. In Part I, Foundations, the chapters are designed to provide the reader with a broad understanding of diverse research approaches/paradigms and key overarching research concepts. In Part II, Data Collection Procedures/Approaches, traditional, new, and unconventional data-gathering concepts and techniques are discussed. In Part III, Data Investigation, the reader is exposed to topics related to the handling and analysis of data. The handbook concludes, in Part IV, with a chapter looking at how to successfully write up research results and a chapter presenting key challenges facing organizational researchers, as a community.