Doing Exemplary Research

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ISBN: 9780803939097 | 0803939094
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Copyright: 1/7/1992

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This volume explores the doing of research - as a 'journey' for those involved. It looks at the meanings of exemplary research practice. Authors' descriptions of the origins, experiences and outcomes of their own research are interwoven with commentaries on these by other major figures in the field. The book is an outstanding resource for all organizational researchers.

Foreword	p. ix
Preface	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
Doing Exemplary Research: Seven Journeys
Introductory Remarks: Journey 1	p. 19
Obsession and Naivete in Upstate New York: A Tale of Research	p. 22
Commentaries
The Culture of Social Science Research	p. 36
Comment on "Cultures of Culture"	p. 43
Introductory Remarks: Journey 2	p. 49
Time and Transition in My Work on Teams: Looking Back on a New Model of Group Development	p. 52
Commentaries
Researchers Are Not Cats--They Can Survive and Succeed by Being Curious	p. 65
Time and Transitions	p. 73
Introductory Remarks: Journey 3	p. 79
From Loose Coupling to Environmental Jolts	p. 82
Commentaries
Jolts as a Synopsis of Organizational Studies	p. 99
Embedded Metaphors and Organizational Ironies as Research Tools	p. 105
Introductory Remarks: Journey 4	p. 113
How We Untangled the Relationship Between Displayed Emotion and Organizational Sales: A Tale of Bickering and Optimism	p. 115
Commentaries
Out of the Tangled Thicket: Persistence in the Face of Failed Conventional Wisdom	p. 129
Do Smiles Lead to Sales? Comments on the Sutton/Rafaeli Study	p. 136
Introductory Remarks: Journey 5	p. 143
Resolving a Scientific Dispute with Dr. Miriam Erez: Genesis, Process, Outcome, and Reflection	p. 146
Reflections on the Latham/Erez/Locke Study	p. 155
Reflections on the Latham/Erez/Locke Study	p. 165
Commentaries
Comments on the Latham/Erez/Locke Study	p. 167
Experiments as Reforms	p. 173
Introductory Remarks: Journey 6	p. 179
Making War and Peace	p. 182
Commentaries
Comments on "War and Peace"	p. 193
The Proliferation of Modern Personnel Practices	p. 198
Introductory Remarks: Journey 7	p. 207
Literary Methods and Organization Science: Reflection on "When the Sleeper Wakes"	p. 210
Commentaries
Stories of Mike Armstrong and the Idea of Exemplary Research	p. 227
Escaping the Inherent Conservatism of Empirical Organizational Research	p. 233
Lessons from the Journeys
Themes and Variations: An Examination of the Exemplars	p. 243
Beyond Exemplars: Some Reflections on the Meaning and Practice of Research in the 1990s	p. 270
Exemplars of Organizational Research--Nominations	p. 295
References	p. 299
About the Authors	p. 313
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