‎'‎This text provides a timely and comprehensive introduction to major research methods in the Organizational sciences‎.‎ It will be a boon to all students conducting their projects in this area‎,‎ and may well become a standard reference for staff teaching research methods to undergraduate and postgraduate students of business studies or organizational behaviour‎'‎ ‎- Professor Neil Anderson‎,‎ Goldsmiths College‎,‎ University of London ‎'‎This reasonably priced text would provide an invaluable starting point for those considering undertaking research in organisational settings‎'‎ ‎- Paula Roberts‎,‎ Nurse Researcher This book provides the reader with clear pointers for how to conduct organizational research appropriately‎,‎ through planning and making informed and systematic research decisions‎,‎ to understanding the ethical implications of applied organizational research‎,‎ to implementing‎,‎ reporting and presenting the findings to the highest possible standards‎.‎ It provides an overview of a wide variety of research strategies‎,‎ methods of data collection ‎(‎both qualitative and quantitative‎)‎ and analysis in a volume accessible to both an undergraduate‎,‎ postgraduate and practitioner readership alike‎.‎ Organizational Research Methods also represents a useful aid to the report writing task‎,‎ indicating ways in which the project material can be most effectively organised for academic and feedback purposes‎,‎ and by drawing upon real‎-life organizational contexts and examples to help the reader understand the core issues‎.‎ Finally‎,‎ the book offers a clear‎,‎ manageable procedure for preparing a presentation to an academic or an organizational audience‎.‎ Providing practical guidance on all elements of the research process‎,‎ this book will be essential reading to all undergraduate and postgraduate students‎,‎ as well as researchers‎,‎ in psychology‎,‎ organizational studies and management disciplines‎.‎