THE ACQUISITION OF QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DATA IN INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS

Walter Amedzro St-Hilaire

Chapter 8 in Industrial Relations Research and Analysis, 2018, pp 169-205 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: In a research, the use of data is not limited to the record of observations related to the concepts involved in the research question. Indeed, once the research question has been formulated, the researcher, at various stages of progress in his research, turns to various sources of data to obtain the inspiration he needs to continue the process (literature review, interviews with experts, etc.), or to collect the information on which its analysis will be based (participating observations, interviews, phenomenon measurements, performance measures, etc.). This data is quantitative or qualitative…

Keywords: Industrial Relations; Research Construction; Organizational Behavior; Research Process; Research Practices; Scientific Research; Research Design; Documentary Research (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D23 M21 O15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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