BU247 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Observational Techniques, Job Satisfaction, Convergent Validity
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Research: finding out about the world through objective and systematic information gathering. Evidence-based management: translating principles based on the scientific research (vs. personal preferences and unsystematic experience) into organizational practices that solve problems. Question: all research in ob begins with basic question about work/organization. Literature review: go to the journals and find out what"s been done before. Hypothesis: simple restatement of the research question in such a way that it can be tested formal statement of expected relationship between 2 variables. Variables: measures that can take on 2 or more values (ex: temperature, pay, fairness) Hypothesis = the less fair people perceive their pay to be, the more likely they"ll resign. a variable (perceived fairness) can be many values & is linked to a variable of 2 values: staying or leaving. Independent: predictor/cause of variation on a dependent variable, factor manipulated/measured. Dependent: outcome, result; will vary as a result of changes in the independent variable.
