2nd Edition
Theory Building for Hypothesis Specification in Organizational Studies
List of Figures viii
Preface ix
Acknowledgments xiii
1 An Introduction to Theory and This Book 1
2 Theory in the Broader Context of Reality, Knowledge, Science, and Research 13
3 Theory: What It Is and Its Role in Research 22
4 Components of Theory 31
5 Some Aspects of the Process of Theory Building for Hypothesis Specification 51
6 Theory Building for Hypothesis Specification: Observations and Examples from Published Research 74
7 Theory Building for Hypothesis Specification: Some Extensions 82
Afterword 93
Index 100
Biography
Badrinarayan Shankar Pawar received his PhD from Oklahoma State University in 1996 and has several years of teaching and research experience while serving in distinguished academic institutes including City University of Hong Kong, the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, the Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, the Indian Institute of Management Indore, XLRI-Xavier School of Management, Jamshedpur, and the National Institute of Banking Management, Pune. He is currently Professor at the Indian Institute of Management Raipur. His experience in teaching theory building for hypothesis specification comes from teaching and research over several years. His research work has been published extensively.
