Industrial Relations Research and Analysis

What is the scope and what are the limits of research in industrial relations? How to develop an appropriate methodological choice according to the peculiarities of a research subject in public policies? What are the mechanisms convened to identify the studied reality in human resources management? What are the skills required to the design and the criticism of a problem, a research methodology as well as a research project in strategic planning? What is the place of the quantitative-qualitative continuum in research methods in organizational studies? How to differentiate between methodology and qualitative or quantitative methods in working relationships? What are the rules of art (the code of practice) and the unwritten dimensions of the job of researcher and their applications in a process of research in business relationships? How can a pluralistic and rigorous vision of the research process in business administration be identified? From the top of his two Post-Doctorates and Ph.Ds., the author guides us here through the meanders of research in industrial relations and business administration. Indeed, graduate students should find in this book the material needed, to prepare them for the labyrinth of research (from collection to data analysis), teachers and professors will find here a renewed and adapted tool (according to the use that will be made), to familiarize their students with the essential concepts to allow them to develop their own methodological considerations. Also, general public and professionals wishing to improve their personal approach in writing and / or analyzing scientific reports will find real opportunities for personal development; because reading is largely facilitated by a synthetic style, not hesitating to give life to the words with the help of numerous illustrations. In short, students, researchers, teachers, officials, managers, academic, general public, professional and the curious will appreciate the clear presentation of the fundamentals of research, as well as the way in which the usefulness of concepts in general is established.