This is a scholarly double-blind peer-reviewed edited book. Quality was designed-in through the team selection and review processes. Over 40 experienced practitioner-scholars and subject matter experts were selected from accredited universities and respected organizations around the world. For example, our foreword author Dr. Joseph F. Hair Jr. is a well-known research methods textbook author. A new state-of-the-art research design typology model was developed to guide authors and readers. The authors used visual techniques - tables and diagrams - to appease all learning styles and especially English Second Language Learners. Additionally, the authors integrated and applied authentic examples into their chapters based on their experience or a published scholarly study. A visual chapter map in each chapter shows where the design theory is positioned on the research ideology continuum and which research design typology components are addressed. The closing chapter on gaps in future practices contains an interesting surprise.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: -- Preliminary Material -- i. Foreword: Vision and Reality; Joseph F. Hair, Jr -- ii. Preface: What's Unique for Practitioners; Kenneth D. Strang -- Research Design Guidelines -- 1. Why Practitioner-Scholars Need a Research Design Typology; Kenneth D. Strang -- 2. Articulating a Research Design Ideology; Kenneth D. Strang -- 3. Developing a Goal-Driven Research Strategy; Kenneth D. Strang -- 4. Matching Research Method with Ideology and Strategy; Kenneth D. Strang -- 5. Selecting Research Techniques for a Method and Strategy; Kenneth D. Strang -- 6. Design Issues in Cross-Cultural Research: Suggestions for Researchers; Linda Brennan, Lukus Parker, Dang Nguyen, Torgeir Aleti -- 7. Establishing Rationale and Significance of Research; Judith Hahn -- 8. Organizing and Conducting Scholarly Literature Reviews; Linnaya Graf -- 9. Interpreting Findings and Discussing Implications for all Ideologies; Mary Ann Rafoth, George Semich, Richard Fuller -- Positivist Applications -- 10. Implications of Experimental Versus Quasi-Experimental Designs; Jeremy W. Grabbe -- 11. Structural Equation Modeling: Principles, Processes, and Practices; Sewon Kim, Edward Sturman, Eun Sook Kim -- 12. Correlation to Logistic Regression Illustrated with a Victimization-Sexual Orientation Study; Creaig A. Dunton, Mark Beaulieu -- 13. Survey Method versus Longitudinal Surveys and Observation for Data Collection; John F. Gaski -- 14. Cross-Sectional Survey and Correspondence Analysis of Financial Manager Behavior; Kenneth D. Strang -- 15. Control Variables: Problematic Issues and Best Practices; Leon Schjoedt, Krittaya Sangboon -- 16. Monte-Carlo Simulation Using Excel: Case Study in Financial Forecasting; Seifedine Kadry -- Pragmativist Applications -- 17. Critical Analysis using Four Case Studies Across Industries; Linnaya Graf -- 18. Integrating Multiple Case Studies with a Merger and Acquisition Example; Lars Schweizer -- 19. Iterative-Pragmatic Case Study Method and Comparisons with other Case Study Method Ideologies; Harm-Jan Steenhuis -- 20. Action Research Applied with Two Single Case Studies; Angeline Lim, Dae Seok-Chai -- 21. Transportation Queue Action Research at an Australian Titanium Dioxide Mining Refinery; Kenneth D. Strang -- 22. Participant Observation as Ethnography or Ethnography as Participant Observation in Organizational Research; Peter Sandiford -- Constructivist Applications -- 23. Constructivist Grounded Theory Applied to a Culture Study; Narasimha R.Vajjhala -- 24. Phenomenology Variations from Traditional Approaches to Eidetic and Hermeneutic Applications; Jillian McCarthy -- 25. Hermeneutic and Eidetic Phenomenology Applied to a Clinical Healthcare Study; Jillian McCarthy -- 26. Structure of a Dissertation for a Participatory Phenomenology Design; Judith Hahn -- 27. Emancipatory Phenomenology Applied to a Child Sex Offender Study; Rodney Alexander -- Final Generalizations and Descriptive Characteristics -- 28. Gaps to Address in Future Research Design Practices; Kenneth D. Strang, Linda Brennan, Narasimha R.Vajjhala, Judith Hahn -- 29. Contributor Biographies.