BU288 Study Guide - Final Guide: Quasi, Participant Observation, Job Satisfaction
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Black (chapter), green (lecture), red (examples), and highlight (acronyms) The research process consists of question, review, hypotheses, design study, collecting data, and interpretation: Question- come from observing the world or from reading past research, the more specific the question is, the easier it is to test (three forms of questions: what effects are, what relationships are, and what causes are) Hypothesis- restate your research question in a form of prediction. Uses: when the goal is to understand a complex or unknown idea; rarely used in ob. Participant observation- observational research in which the researcher becomes a functioning member of the organizational unit being studied. Direct observation- observational research in which the researcher observes organizational behaviour without taking part in the studied activity. Uses: useful when you want to know if there is a relationship between two or more specific variables that can be measured; most common type of research in ob (prediction goal from ob)
