PRISM Bibliography

Research Methodology texts are essentially split into three main areas: 1) General ‘How to do
a dissertation’ type texts that look at the process of research – these often contain both
quantitative and qualitative approaches as well, but rarely in sufficient detail, 2) ‘How to do
research’ – Quantitative methods, 3) ‘How to do research’ – Qualitative methods.

Note: You should also be looking into journal articles that are related to your field of study.
There are also a number of journals related to developments in research methods – just
Google for ‘research methodology journals’

1) ‘How to do a dissertation’ textbooks

Alvesson, M. and Deetz, S. (2000), Doing Critical Management Research, London: Sage
Publications.

Alvesson, M. and Willmott, H. (2003), Studying Management Critically, London: Sage

Publications.

Baker, M.J. (2003), Business and Management Research Helensburgh, UK: Westburn
Publishers Ltd.

Brett Davies, M. (2007), Doing a Successful Research Project: Using Qualitative or

Quantitative Methods, New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

Bryman, A. and Bell, E. (2007), Business Research Methods, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford
University Press.

Collis, J. and Hussey, R. (2009), Business research, 3rd ed., Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave.

de Vaus, D. (2001), Research Design in Social Research, London: Sage Publications.

Denscombe, M. (2003), The Good Research Guide, 2nd ed., Maidenhead: Open University
Press.

Easterby-Smith, M., Thorpe, R. and Lowe, A. (1991). Management Research: An

Introduction, London: Sage.

Fisher, C. (2004), Researching and Writing a Dissertation for Business Students, Harlow:
Pearson Education Ltd.

Ghauri, P. and Gronhaug, K. (2010), Research Methods in Business Studies, 4th ed., Harlow:
Pearson Education Ltd.

Gill, J. and Johnson, P. (2002), Research Methods for Managers, 3rd ed., London: Sage
Publications.

Hair, J.F., Money, A.H., Samouel, P. and Page, M. (2007), Research methods for business,
Chichester: Wiley & Sons.
Jankowicz, A.D. (2005), Business Research Projects, 4th ed., London: Thomson.

Johnson, P. and Duberley, J. (2000), Understanding Management Research London: Sage

Publications.

Kumar, R. (2011). Research methodology: a step-by-step guide for beginners, 3rd ed., London:
Sage Publications Ltd.

Maylor, H. and Blackmon, K. (2005). Researching Business and Management, Basingstoke:

Palgrave MacMillan.

Quinlan, C. (2011). Business Research Methods, Andover, UK: South Western Cengage
Learning.

Quinton, S. and Smallbone, T. (2006), Postgraduate Research in Business, London: Sage

Publications Ltd.

Robson, C. (2011), Real World Research, 3rd ed., Oxford: Blackwell Publishers.

Saunders, M. and Lewis, P. (2012), Doing Research in Business & Management , Essex:
Pearson Education limited.

Thomas, A.B. (2004), Research Skills for Management Studies, London: Routledge.

van de Velde, M., Jansen, P. and Anderson, N. (2004), Guide to Management Research
Methods, Oxford: Blackwell Publishing.

Walliman, N. (2011), Your Research Project: Designing and Planning Your Work, 3rd ed,
London: Sage Publications.

2) ‘How to do research’ – Quantitative methods

Barrow, M. (2009), Statistics for Economics, Accounting and Business Studies, 5th ed.,
Harlow: Pearson Education Ltd.

Cooper, D.R. and Schindler, P.S. (2003). Business Research Methods, 8th ed., New York, NY:
McGraw-Hill.

Cramer, D. (1994), Introducing Statistics for Social Research, London: Routledge.

Dewberry, C. (2004), Statistical Methods for Organisational Research, London: Routledge.

Field, A. (2000), Discovering Statistics Using SPSS for Windows, London: Sage Publications.

Kinnear, P.R. and Gray, C.D. (2011), IBM SPSS Statistics 18 Made Simple, Hove:
Psychology press.

Oppenheim, A.N. (1992). Questionnaire Design, Interviewing and Attitude Measurement,

Pinter.
Salkind, N.J. (2011), Statistics for People who (Think They) Hate Statistics, 4th ed., London:
Sage Publications.

3) ‘How to do research’ – Qualitative methods

Berg, B.L. (2004), Qualitative Research Methods for the Social Sciences, 5th ed., Boston:
Pearson Education Inc.

Cassell, C. and Symon, G. (2004), Essential Guide to Qualitative Methods in Organisational

Research, London: Sage Publications.

Charmaz, K. (2006), Constructing Grounded Theory: A practical guide through qualitative

analysis, London: Sage Publications Ltd.

Corbin, J. and Strauss, A. (2008), Basics of Qualitative Research: Techniques and Procedures
for Developing Grounded Theory, 3rd ed., California: Sage Publications Inc.

Fetterman, D. (1998), Ethnography: Step by Step, 2nd ed., Sage Publications.

Flick, U. (2009). An Introduction to Qualitative Research, 4th ed., London: Sage Publications
Ltd.

Glaser, B.G. and Strauss, A. (1967), Discovery of Grounded Theory: Strategies for
Qualitative Research, Chicago, IL: Aldine Publishing Co.

Hammersley, M and Atkinson, P. (1995), Ethnography: Principles in Practice, 2nd ed.,

Routledge.

Hennick, M., Hutter, I. and Bailey, A. (2011). Qualitative Research Methods, London: Sage
Publications Ltd.

Locke, K. (2001), Grounded Theory in Management Research, London: Sage Publications

Ltd.

Miles, M.B. and Hubermannm A.M. (1994), Qualitative Data Analysis, 2nd ed., London: Sage
Publications.

Silverman, D. (ed) (2011), Qualitative Research, 3rd ed., London: Sage Publications.

Strauss, A. and Corbin, J. (1998), Basics of Qualitative Research: Techniques and Procedures
for Developing Grounded Theory, 2nd ed., California: Sage Publications Inc.

Symon, G. and Cassell, C. (1998), Qualitative Methods and Analysis in Organisational

Research, London: Sage Publications.

Travers, M. (2001), Qualitative Research Through Case Studies, London: Sage Publications.

Yin, R.K. (2008). Case Study Research: Design and Methods, 4th ed. Thousand Oaks:CA,
Sage Publications, Inc.
Yin, R.K. (2004). The Case Study Anthology, Thousand Oaks:CA, Sage Publications, Inc.

4) ‘Others’ – philosophy, ethics, etc

Burrell, G. and Morgan, G. (1979), Sociological Paradigms and Organisational Analysis,

Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.

Crème, P. and Lea, M.R. (2003). Writing at University: a guide for students, 2nd ed.,
Maidenhead: Open University Press.

Fairburn, G.J. and Winch, C. (1996). Reading, Writing and Reasoning: A guide for Students,
2nd ed., Buckingham: Open university Press.

Hallebone, E. and Priest, J. (2009) Business & Management Research: Paradigms &
Practices, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

Hart, C. (2001). Doing a Literature Search: A Comprehensive Guide for the Social Sciences,
London: Sage Publications Ltd.

Strati, A. (2000), Theory and Method in Organisation Studies, London: Sage Publications.