Methodology and Research in Organizational Behavior

7 Methodology and Research in Organizational Behavior
Ali Asghar Pourezzat , University of Tehran, Ph.D Course.
VII. Course Outline and Schedule
Weeks Main Topics Subtopics
Week 1:
90/07/10
Week 2:
90/07/17
Week 3:
90/07/24
Week 4:
90/08/01
Week 5:
90/08/08
Week 6:
90/08/15
Week 7:
90/08/22
Week 8:
90/08/29
Week 9:
90/09/06
Week 10:
90/09/13
Week 11:
90/09/20
Week 1:
90/09/27
Week 13:
90/10/04
Week 14:
90/10/11
Course Introduction
What Constitutes a Theoretical Contribution?
(Whetten)
Making Sense of Theory Construction:
Metaphor and Disciplined Imagination (Cornelissen)
Building Theories from Case Study
Research(Eisenhardt)
Nothing Is Quite So Practical as a Good Theory( Van
de Ven)
The Cycles of Theory Building to Management
Research (Carlile & Christensen)
Multiparadigm Perspectives on Theory Building
(Gioia&Piter)
Students' Subjects
What is organizational Theory (Hatch)
The proverbs of administration (H.A.
Simon)
A theory of human motivation (Maslow)
طراحی سیستم ھای آگزیوماتیزه سلسلھ مراتبی
برای توسعھ کیفی دانش در علوم انسانی
‏(پورعزت)‏
گذار از حصارھای شیشِھ ای روش شناختی؛ با
تأكید بر الزامات زبانشناختي علوم میان
رشتھ اي ‏(پورعزت)‏
Storytelling - Deconstruction analysis
Storytelling - Grand narrative analysis
Agenda Setting in Organizational Behavior: A Theory-Storytelling - Microstoria analysis
Focused Approach(Weick)
Theory building from cases: opportunities and Storytelling - Story network analysis
challenges (Eisenhardt & Graebner)
Storytelling - Intertextuality analysis
Meta-Analysis research and Theory Building (Yang)
Research methodology in management: Current
practices, trends, and implication for future
research(Scandura, Williams)
The Creation of Theory: A Recent Application of
Grounded Theory Method(Pandit)
A Meta-Analysis of Team-Efficacy, Potency, and
Performance: Interdependence and Level of Analysis
as Moderators of Observed Relationships. (Gully,
Incalcaterra, Joshi, Beaubien)
The Case for Qualitative Research
( Morgan & Smircich)
Storytelling - Causality analysis
Storytelling - Plot analysis
Storytelling - Theme analysis
The rise of the behavioral perspective in
selected general management textbooks:
an empirical investigation through content
analysis (Aronoff)
Week 15:
90/10/18
Week 16:
90/10/25
Writing a research paper (Chiswick)
Discussion and Conclusion
Studying radical organizational
innovation through grounded
theory(Carrero, Peiró, Salanova)
Postmodernisim and Organizational
Research(Kilduff&Mehra)