Bateman T.S., Ferris G.R. Method and analysis in organizational research

Reston Publishing, 1984. — 440 p. — ISBN: 0835943399.The study of organizations today includes a broad range of topics and levels of analysis, from a concern with individual behavior and attitudes of employees to a more "macro"- analytic focus on how organizations interact with their environments. Such diversity of opical interests is essential in our movement toward more informed understanding of organizational functioning. One major element that most organizational scientists share cuts across this wide array of interests: an appreciation of the need for a solid foundation in the essentials of research methods and scientific inquiry. It is this element, this striving for validity in the execution of organizational research, that serves as the focus of this book.