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This document provides an introduction and overview for a course on organizational research. The course objectives are to understand the process of organizational research including conceptualization, measurement, design, and analysis. On completion of the course, students should understand key aspects of research like topic choice, research design, setting hypotheses, and implications. Assessment includes assignments, midterm and final exams. Suggested reading materials include books and research articles on publishing organizational research.

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Designing Organizational Research Designing Organizational Research

This document provides an introduction and overview for a course on organizational research. The course objectives are to understand the process of organizational research including conceptualization, measurement, design, and analysis. On completion of the course, students should understand key aspects of research like topic choice, research design, setting hypotheses, and implications. Assessment includes assignments, midterm and final exams. Suggested reading materials include books and research articles on publishing organizational research.

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Doctor of Philosophy (Management Science)

Designing Organizational Research


Lecture 01
Introduction to Course and Guidelines

Dr. Muhammad Zahid Iqbal


Associate Professor
Department of Management Sciences
COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad 1
Course Objectives

2
The course has been designed to encourage learners to
achieve the following objectives:

• To understand the trio of organizational research, i.e.,


conceptualization / measurement, design, and analysis.

• To understand the process of organizational research


design.

3
4
Contacting the Module
Instructor

5
You can contact your module instructor in the following
ways:

Email: [email protected]

Meeting: Tuesday at 1600 – 1700 hrs

No Surprise
Only by appointment via e-mail 6
Teaching and Learning
Outcomes

7
On completion of this course students should be able to
have some understanding of :

1
• The Trio

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2
• Topic choice
• Research design
• Setting the hook
• Grounding hypotheses
• Crafting the methods and results
• Discussing the implications
9
3
• Theory
• Mediation
• Moderation

10
Assessment Scheme

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Assignments / Quizzes / Presentations -------------------------------------------------------- 25%
Midterm Examination ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 25%
Final Examination -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 50%
TOTAL -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 100%

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Reading Materials

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Book

Schwab, D. P. (2005). Research methods for organizational studies (2nd ed.). London, UK: Lawrence
Erlbaum Associates, Publishers.

Rogelberg, S. G. (eds) (2002). Handbook of research methods in industrial and organizational


psychology. Massachusetts, USA: Blackwell Publishers Ltd.

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Articles
Colquitt, J. A., & George, G. (2011). Publishing in AMJ – part 1: topic choice. Academy of Management Journal, 54(3), 432–435.

Bono, J. E., & McNamara, G. (2011). Publishing in AMJ – part 2: research design. Academy of Management Journal, 54(4), 657–
660.

Grant, A. M., & Pollock, T. G. (2011). Publishing in AMJ – part 3: setting the hook. Academy of Management Journal, 54(5),
873–879.

Sparrowe, R. T., & Mayer, K. J. (2011). Publishing in AMJ – part 4: grounding hypotheses. Academy of Management Journal,
54(6), 1098–1102.

Zhang, Y., & Shaw, J. D. (2012). Publishing in AMJ – part 5: crafting the methods and results. Academy of Management Journal,
55(1), 8–12.

Geletkanycz, M., & Tepper, B. J. (2012). Publishing in AMJ – part 6: discussing the implications. Academy of Management
Journal, 55(2), 256–260.

Whette, D. A. (1989). What constitutes a theoretical contribution? Acaderyof Management Review, 14(4), 490–495.

Mackinnon, D. P., Coxe, S., & Baraldi, A. N. (2012). Guidelines for the investigation of mediating variables in business research.
Journal of Business and Psychology, 27(1), 1–14.

Dawson, J. F. (2014). Moderation in management research: what, why, when, and how. Journal of Business and Psychology, 29(1),
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1–19.

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