Research Methods for Business Students (5th Edition) Book

How to use this book

Guided tour

Preface

Contributors

1 The nature of business and management research and structure of this book

2 Formulating and clarifying the research topic

3 Critically reviewing the literature

4 Understanding research philosophies and approaches

5 Formulating the research design

6 Negotiating access and research ethics

7 Selecting samples

8 Using secondary data

9 Collecting primary data through observation

10 Collecting primary data using semi-structured, in-depth and group interviews

11 Collecting primary data using questionnaires

12 Analysing quantitative data

13 Analysing qualitative data

14 Writing and presenting your project report

Appendices

Glossary

Index