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A tale of two surveys:Reaching respondents using Web questionnaires
No full textIn this chapter I outline two realities of gaining physical access when undertaking large, multi-organisation survey research using Web questionnaires. Following a brief consideration of the research context, I offer two tales of reaching respondents using Web questionnaires. The first uses a compiled list of potential respondents from an online database company, and the second uses a volunteer panel accessed through a panel company. I conclude with lessons for keeping your research on track
Maximising Telephone Survey Participation in International HRD Research
No full textThis chapter provides an overview of the literature on improving survey response, focussing upon ways of tailoring the survey design to leverage potential respondents’ decision to participate; and uses a case study to examine an application of leverage saliency theory. Techniques likely to be effective in maximising telephone survey participation in HRD research are detailed
Scribble, leave it, type it, change it
No full textWe all have different styles and approaches to writing. Drafting and redrafting are essential processes for academics. In this vignette, I draw inspiration from John Lennon from The Beatles, who described the multiple stages of drafting he would go through to write a song. My work might not have the popular cultural appeal of Lennon’s but it appears that I do write a few more drafts then he
Using questionnaire surveys to gather data for within organisation HRD research
Full text linkThis chapter provides an overview of the design and use of questionnaire surveys in Human Resource Development (HRD) research, focusing on the commonly occurring methodological issues and associated concerns. These are illustrated drawing upon personal experience of four projects within a large UK public sector organisation
Using questionnaire surveys to gather data for within organisation HRD research
Full text linkThis chapter provides an overview of the design and use of questionnaire surveys in Human Resource Development (HRD) research, focusing on the commonly occurring methodological issues and associated concerns. These are illustrated drawing upon personal experience of four projects within a large UK public sector organisation
Introduction: The variety of methods for researching HRD
No full textThe last two decades have seen a plethora of research methods textbooks published. Some of these texts have taken broad disciplinary foci such as business and management (for example: Cameron and Price, 2009; Saunders et al., 2012) considering both quantitative and qualitative paradigms. Others have chosen to focus upon a particular grouping of methods within organizational research such as quantitative or qualitative methods (for example: Symon and Cassell, 2012); or to concentrate on one specific method such as interviews (for example: Cassell, 2015) or questionnaires (for example: Ekinci, 2015). Whilst such books are both informative and insightful, their nature invariably means that the particular methodological challenges presented by human resource development within a particular paradigm or for a particular method cannot be addressed fully. As HRD research has developed, a growing variety of data collection methodologies and analysis techniques have been adopted, with research designs incorporating mono, multiple and mixed methods approaches. The knowledge and insights gained from the use of particular data collection and analysis techniques has been dissipated across a wide range of journals. These have included specialist HRD journals such as Human Resource Development International and the European Journal of Training and Development; human resource management journals such as Human Resource Management and Personnel Review; as well as more generalist business and management and organizational psychology journals. Whilst these journals and the associated articles highlight the methodological openness of the HRD field, they are rarely able to offer a comprehensive picture of the use of particular methods within HRD research. Rather their reading reveals the necessity for an up-to-date overview of the methods that are being used and to HRD support researchers in their use. The aim of this book, therefore, is to draw the wealth of research methods experience gained by researchers working within the HRD into one volume. Reflecting the methodological plurality revealed in the journals, the editors and contributors to this volume have explored and researched HRD from a variety of directions. The book therefore reflects and utilizes the research experiences of leading HRD scholars to provide a range of insights on methods for those researching HRD
Using Questionnaire Surveys for Within-Organisation HRD Research
No full textThis chapter explores qualitative interviewing, drawing from a project that investigated managers’ metaphors of work–life balance, informed by a practice called ‘Clean Language’. The chapter highlights the function of questions in interviews and considers how to design and ask questions in order to elicit data of good quality.</p
Forced employment contract change and the psychological contract
No full textThis text represents a new generation in employment relations. Recognizing that ER has moved on, the authors take the employment relationship as the central concept and examine the issues from `inside the employment relationship, looking out’ rather than the traditional approach of looking at the factors that impinge upon the employment relationship. While the basic approach is value free, every opportunity is taken to highlight alternative ways of thinking about the Employment Relationship
Using mixed methods - combining card sorts and in-depth interviews
Full text linkThis chapter explores qualitative interviewing, drawing from a project that investigated managers’ metaphors of work–life balance, informed by a practice called ‘Clean Language’. The chapter highlights the function of questions in interviews and considers how to design and ask questions in order to elicit data of good quality
Facilitating learning using the Service Template Extended Process (STEP) within a Process Consultation framework
No full textIn this chapter we consider the use and practical value of STEP, the Service Template Extended Process, to support applied HRD research in collaboration with practitioners. Used through a process consultation framework, STEP can surface values and underlying assumptions, thereby enabling both single and double-loop learning (Saunders and Williams, 2001)
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