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  • Issues in Social Network Analysis
    Dr. Dan Brass, University of Kentucky
  • PowerPoint Slides

  • Readings
    • Brass, D. J. (1995). A social network perspective on human resources management. Research in Personnel and Human Resources Management, 13, 39-79
  • Meta-Analysis and Strategy Research
    Dr. Dan Dalton, Indiana University
  • Regression Models for Limited Range Dependent Variables
    Dr. David Harrison, The Pennsylvania State University
  • PowerPoint Slides

  • Readings
    • Aldrich, J.H., & Nelson, F.D. (1984). Linear probability, logit, and probit models. Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
    • Allison, P.D. (1984). Event history analysis: Regression for longitudinal event data. Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
    • Harrison, D. A. 2001. Structure and timing in limited range dependent variables: Regression models for predicting if and when. In F. Drasgow & N. Schmitt (Eds.), Measuring and analyzing behavior in organizations: Advances in measurement and data analysis, 531-568. San Francisco: Jossey- Bass.
    • Harrison, D. A., Virick, M., & William, S. (1996). "Working without a net:" Time, performance, and turnover under maximally contingent rewards. Journal of Applied Psychology, 81, 331 345.
    • Hosmer, D.W., & Lemeshow, S. (1989). Applied logistic regression. New York: Wiley.
    • Long, J. S. (1997). Regression models for categorical and limited dependent variables. Sage: Newbury Park, CA.
    • Menard, S. (1995). Applied logistic regression. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
  • Issues with Group Measurement
    Dr. Katherine Klein, University of Pennsylvania
  • PowerPoint Slides

  • Readings
    • Bliese, P. D. (2000). Within-group agreement, non-independence, and reliability: Implications for data aggregation and analysis. In K. J. Klein & S. W. J. Kozlowski (Eds.), Multilevel theory, research and methods in organizations (pp. 349-381). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
    • Borgatti, S. P. (2003).  The network paradigm in organizational research: A review and typology. Journal of Management, 29, 991-1013.
    • Chan, D. (1998). Functional relations among constructs in the same content domain at different levels of analysis: A typology of composition models.  Journal of Applied Psychology, 83, 234-246.
    • Harrison, D. A. & Klein, K. J.  (2007).  What’s the difference?  Diversity as separation, variety, or disparity in organizations.  Academy of Management Review.
    • Harrison, D. A. & McLaughlin, M. E. (1996).  Structural properties and psychometric qualities of organizational self-reports:  Field tests of connections predicted by cognitive theory.  Journal of Management, 22, 313-338.
    • James, Demaree, & Wolf, G. (1984). Estimating within-group interrater reliability with and without response bias.  Journal of Applied Psychology, 69, 85-98.
    • Klein, K. J., Conn, A. B., Smith, B., & Sorra, J. S. (2001). Is everyone in agreement? An exploration of within-group agreement in employee perceptions of the work environment. Journal of Applied Psychology, 86, 3-16.
    • Klein, K. J., Conn, A. B. & Sorra, J. S.  (2001).  Implementing computerized technology: An organizational analysis. Journal of Applied Psychology, 86, 3-16.
    • Kozlowski, S. W. J. & Klein, K. J. (2000).  A multilevel approach to theory and research in organizations. In Klein, K. J. & Kozlowski, S. W. J. (Eds.), Multilevel theory, research, and methods in organizations (pp. 3-90).  San Francisco:  Jossey-Bass.
    • Morgeson, F. P. & Hofmann, D. A. (1999). The structure and function of collective constructs: Implications for multilevel research and theory development.  Academy of Management Review, 24, 249-265.
    • Ostroff, C., Kinicki, A. J., & Clark, M. A. (2002). Substantive and operational issues of response bias across levels of analysis: An example of climate-satisfactoin relationships. Journal of Applied Psychology, 87, 355-368.
  • Publishing Criteria for Qualitative Research
    Dr. Michael Pratt, University of Illinois
  • PowerPoint Slides

  • Readings
    • Alvermann, D., O’Brien, D., Dillon, D. (1996). On writing qualitative research.  Reading Research Quarterly, 31(1): 114-120).
    • Amber, A., Adler, P.A., Adler, P., & Detzner, D. (1995).  Understanding and evaluating qualitative research, Journal of Marriage and the Family, 57 (November): 879-893.
    • Crestwell, J. (1998). Data analysis and representation. Qualitative inquiry and research design: Choosing among 5 traditions.  Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
    • Daft, R. (1985).  Why I recommend that your manuscript be rejected and what you can do about it.  In L. Cummings and P. Frost (Eds.) Publishing in the organizational sciences (pp. 193 - 209).  Homewood Il: Richard D. Irwin, Inc.
    • Denzin, N. & Y. Lincoln (Eds.) (2000). Handbook of Qualitative Research, 2nd Edition. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
    • Eisenhardt, K. (1989). Building theories from case research. Academy of Management Review, 14, 532-550. 
    • Fine, G. & Elsbach, K. (2000). Ethnography and experiment in social psychological theory building: Tactics for integrating qualitative field data with quantitative lab data.  Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 35, 51-76.
    • Gephardt, R. (2004).  From the editors: Qualitative research and the Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Journal, 47(4): 454-462.
    • Glaser , B. G. and A. L. Strauss (1967). The Discovery of Grounded Theory: Strategies for Qualitative Research. Chicago: Aldine.
    • Golden-Biddle, K, & Locke, K. (1993). Appealing work: An investigation of how ethnographic texts convince.  Organization Science, 4(4): 595-616.
    • Golden-Biddle, K. & Locke, K. (1997).  Composing qualitative research. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
    • Howe, K. & Eisenhardt, M.  (1990).  Standards for qualitative (and quantitative) research: a Prolegomenon. Educational Researcher, 19(4): 2-9.
    • King, N. (2000).  Commentary – Making ourselves heard: The challenges facing advocates of qualitative research in work and organizational psychology.  European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 9(4): 589-596.
    • Lee, T. (1999). Using qualitative methods in organizational research.  Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
    • Lee, T., Mitchell, T. & Sablynski, C. (1999).  Qualitative research in organizational and vocational behavior.  Journal of Vocational Behavior, 55: 161-187.
    • Lincoln, Y. (1995).  Emerging criteria for quality in qualitative and interpretive research.  Qualitative Inquiry, 1(3): 275-289.
    • Locke, K. (2001).  Grounded theory in management research. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
    • Marshall, C & Rossman, G. (1989). Designing qualitative research. Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
    • McGrath, J. (1982).  Dilemmatics: The study of research choices and dilemmas.  In McGrath, J. E., Martin, J., & Kulka, R.A. (Eds.), Judgment calls in research.  Beverly Hills, CA: Sage.
    • Miles, M. (1979). Qualitative data as an attractive nuisance: The problem of analysis.  Administrative Science Quarterly, 24: 590-601.
    • Miles, M. & Huberman, A.M. (1994). Qualitative data analysis, 2nd Edition. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
    • Perrow, C.  (1985).  Journalling careers. In L. Cummings and P. Frost (Eds.) Publishing in the organizational sciences (pp. 220 - 230).  Homewood IL: Richard D. Irwin, Inc.
    • Prasad, P. (forthcoming).  Crafting qualitative research: Working in the postpositivist traditions. ME Sharpe.
    • Pratt, M.G. (2000).  Some thoughts on publishing qualitative research. Research Methods Forum. http://www.aom.pace.edu/rmd/pratt_files/pratt.htm
    • Smith, J. & Deemer, D. (2000).  The problem of criteria in the age of relativism. In N. Denzin & Y. Lincoln (Eds.) Handbook of Qualitative Research, 2nd Edition (pp. 877-896). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
    • Spradley, J. (1979).  The ethnographic interview.  New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, Inc.
    • Stake, R. (2000). Case studies. In N. Denzin & Y. Lincoln (Eds.) Handbook of Qualitative Research, 2nd Edition (pp. 435-454). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
    • Strauss, A. & Corbin, J. (1998).  Basics of qualitative research, 2nd Edition.  Thousand Oaks: Sage.
    • Suddaby, R. 2006. From the editors: What grounded theory is not.  Academy of Management Journal, 49(4): 633-642.
    • Sutton, R. 1997.  The virtues of closet qualitative research. Organization Science, 8(1): 97 – 106.
    • Van Maanen, J (1979).  The fact of fiction in organizational ethnography.  Administrative Science Quarterly, 24: 539-550.
    • Yin, R. (2003). Case study research 3rd Ed.  Beverly Hills, CA: Sage Publications.
  
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