ABSTRACT

This textbook provides first-hand, inside accounts of the process of doing research in organizations. It is intended both for students of research methods in sociology and social psychology, and for students of organization studies, organizational behaviour and management. The contributors tackle such problems as: gaining access to organizations, ‘getting on’ in organizations, quantitative and qualitative styles of investigation, the use of historical materials, the effects of resources on the context of research, the part played by political factors in organizational research, the relevance of grounded theory and conducting research within a cross-cultural framework.

chapter |20 pages

Introduction

‘Inside' accounts and social research in organizations

chapter |13 pages

Regulating Research

Politics and decision making in industrial organizations 1

chapter |19 pages

Insights on Site

Research into construction project organizations

chapter |14 pages

Researching White Collar Organizations

Why sociologists should not stop doing case studies

chapter |14 pages

Historical Methods and Organization Analysis

The case of a naval dockyard