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Data, Methods and Theory in the Organizational Sciences: A New Synthesis book cover

1st Edition

Data, Methods and Theory in the Organizational Sciences A New Synthesis

Edited By Kevin R. Murphy Copyright 2022
384 Pages 9 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

384 Pages 9 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

384 Pages 9 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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Data, Methods and Theory in the Organizational Sciences explores the long-term evolution and changing relationships between data, methods, and theory in the organizational sciences. In the last 50 years, theory has come to dominate research and scholarship in these fields, yet the emergence of big data, as well as the increasing use of archival data sets and meta-analytic methods to test... Read more

Preface

Part 1: Data

1. Organizational Data and its Implications for Research and Theory – Rick Guzzo

2. Using Other Peoples’ Data: Implications of Reliance on Meta-analysis and Archival Data - Frank Bosco and James Field

3. Data sharing and Data Integrity – Martin Göetz and James Field

4. Using Data in Organizations - Alexis Fink and Keith McNulty

Part 2: Methods

5. Evaluating data - Louis Hickman, Chelsea Song and Sang Eun Woo

6. Organic Data and the Design of Studies – Nan Zhang, Heng Xu and Le Zhou

7. Surviving the Statistical Arms Race – Kevin R. Murphy

Part 3: Theory

8. How do Theories in the Behavioral and Social Sciences Emerge, Develop and Decline?: The Evolution of Politics Perceptions Theory - Wayne Hochwater, Christopher C. Rosen and Samantha L. Jordan

9. The Data Revolution and the Interplay Between Theory and Data - Steve W.J. Kozlowski

10 Scholarly Course Corrections Needed to Advance Organizational Science: Field Tests of Theory-based Deductions are Long Overdue - Craig J. Russell

Part 4: Implications for Organizational Science

11. The Research Environment: Opportunities and Obstacles for Advancing Organizational Science. Georgia T. Chao

12. Training (and Retraining) in Data, Methods, and Theory in the Organizational Sciences - Fred Oswald, Felix Y. Wu and Karyssa Courey

13. Rebuilding Relationships between Data, Method, and Theories: How the Scientific Method Can Help – Jeffrey Cucina and Mary Anne Nester

Biography

Kevin R. Murphy is Professor Emeritus at the University of Limerick, Ireland. He is a former SIOP President and Editor of the Journal of Applied Psychology, and has been published in areas ranging from performance appraisal and psychometrics to honesty in the workplace.

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