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Research in Organizational Behavior

Research in Organizational Behavior. I. Purposes of Research -systematic gathering of info -enhances our predictive ability II. Research Concepts A. Variable B. Hypothesis: tentative explanation of the relationship between two or more variables. Research in OB.

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Research in Organizational Behavior

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  1. Research in Organizational Behavior • I. Purposes of Research • -systematic gathering of info • -enhances our predictive ability • II. Research Concepts • A. Variable • B. Hypothesis: tentative explanation of the relationship between two or more variables

  2. Research in OB • C. Dependent variable: what the researcher wants to explain -most popular include absenteeism, turnover, job satisfaction D. Independent variable: the presumed cause of change in the DV -popular ones include personality, job satisfaction, motivation -Placement of variable as IV or DV depends on its placement in the hypothesis

  3. Research in OB • E. Moderating variable: contingency. If x, then y but only under condition z. • F. Causality: presumed direction of cause and effect. • -impossible to prove causality in behavioral research • G. Correlation: the strength of the relationship • -ranges from -1.0 to +1.0

  4. Research in OB • A high value in correlation does not imply causality • H. Theory: set of hypotheses designed to explain some behavior • II. Evaluating Research • A. Validity: is it measuring what it claims to be measuring? • B. Reliability: consistency of measurement • C. Generalizability

  5. Research in OB • III. Research Design • IMPORTANT: Know operations, strengths and weaknesses of each • A. Case Study Approach • B. Field Survey • C. Laboratory Experiment • D. Field Experiment • E. Meta-analysis: review of many studies over many years • -

  6. Research in OB • IV. Ethics in Research • -Do ethical controls damage scientific validity? • -Is it okay to deceive the subjects? When? • -Do participants have rights?

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