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The document outlines a series of weekly readings focused on various aspects of research methodology, including definitions, literature reviews, qualitative and quantitative methods, and research ethics. It references multiple sources, including books, articles, and online resources, providing links for further exploration. The readings are structured to guide students through the research process, from formulating questions to understanding limitations and future research suggestions.

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Week 1 Reading

The document outlines a series of weekly readings focused on various aspects of research methodology, including definitions, literature reviews, qualitative and quantitative methods, and research ethics. It references multiple sources, including books, articles, and online resources, providing links for further exploration. The readings are structured to guide students through the research process, from formulating questions to understanding limitations and future research suggestions.

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Week 1 Reading

1) Cambridge Dictionary (2021) Research. Available


at: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/research

2) Krishnaswami, O, & Satyaprasad, B 2010, Business Research Methods,


Himalaya Publishing House, Mumbai. Available from: ProQuest Ebook
Central. https://www.proquest.com/docview/2131162937/336E4C7B4ECA4900P
Q/5?accountid=188730 : Ch. 1 & Ch. 2.

Week 2 Reading

1) Cambridge Dictionary. 2021. Research. Available


at: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/research

2) Krishnaswami, O.R. & Satyaprasad, B.G. 2010. Business Research Methods. Himalaya
Publishing House, New
Delhi. https://www.proquest.com/docview/2131162937/336E4C7B4ECA4900PQ/5?
accountid=188730 : Ch. 1 & Ch. 2.

3) Monash University. 2021. Developing research questions. Available


at: https://www.monash.edu/rlo/research-writing-assignments/understanding-the-assignment/
developing-research-questions

Week 3 Reading
1) Business Research Methodology (n.d.) Formulating research aims and
objectives. Available at:https://research-methodology.net/research-
methodology/research-aims-and-objectives/

2) CMI. 2020. Setting SMART objectives Checklist 231. Available


at: https://www.managers.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/CHK-231-
Setting_Smart_Objectives.pdf

3) Lawlor, K.B. 2012. Smart goals: How the application of smart goals can
contribute to achievement of student learning outcomes. In Developments in
business simulation and experiential learning: Proceedings of the annual ABSEL
conference (Vol. 39). Available at: https://scholar.google.gr/scholar?
hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&as_vis=1&q=SMART+GOALS
%3A+HOW+THE+APPLICATION+OF+SMART+GOALS+CAN+CONTRIBUTE+TO+
ACHIEVEMENT+OF+STUDENT+LEARNING+OUTCOMES&btnG= : pp. 259-267.
4) Platt, G. 2002. Smart objectives: What they mean and how to set them.
Training Journal. Available
at: https://www.proquest.com/docview/202942812/848CD00538A14F96PQ/1?
accountid=188730: pp. 23-26.

Week 4 Reading
1) McMenamin, I. 2006. Process and text: Teaching students to review the
literature. PS, Political Science & Politics, 39(1), pp. 133-
135. https://www.proquest.com/docview/224906498/4E2B6C4D4F474334PQ/2?
accountid=188730

2) City University of Hong Kong (2021) Literature Review - Finding the sources.
Available at: https://libguides.library.cityu.edu.hk/litreview/evaluating-sources

3) Hart, C. (1998) Doing a literature review: Releasing the social science


research imagination. Sage, London. Available
at: https://books.google.gr/books?
redir_esc=y&id=FkXvY8oDFdsC&q=literature+review#v=snippet&q=literature
%20review&f=false

4) Leicester, M 2010, Teaching Critical Thinking Skills, Bloomsbury Publishing


Plc, London. Available from: ProQuest Ebook Central. Available
at: https://www.proquest.com/docview/2131132491/E32FA2FB4CFE414FPQ/3?
accountid=188730 :Ch. 1

5) Pacheco-Vega, R. (2017) How to undertake a literature review. Available


at: http://www.raulpacheco.org/2017/04/how-to-undertake-a-literature-review/

6) Randolph, J. 2009. A Guide to Writing the Dissertation Literature Review.


Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation, 14. Available
at: https://www.proquest.com/docview/2366805377/46C114D7F02B490CPQ/1?
accountid=188730 pp. 1-13.

7) Torraco, R.J. 2005. Writing integrative literature reviews: Guidelines and


examples. Human Resource Development Review, 4(3), pp. 356-367. Available
at: https://www.proquest.com/docview/221810269/DC8B860740354514PQ/1?
accountid=188730

8) University of Southern California (2014) Organizing your social sciences


research paper. Available
at: https://libguides.usc.edu/writingguide/literaturereview

Week 5 Reading

1) Aylesworth, G. 2015. Postmodernism. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Available


at: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/postmodernism/
2) Edelheim, J.R. 2014. Ontological, epistemological and axiological issues. In: Dredge, D.,
Airey, D. & Gross, M.J. eds. The Routledge Handbook of Tourism and Hospitality Education.
Routledge, Online. Available
at: https://www.routledgehandbooks.com/doi/10.4324/9780203763308.ch3

3) Guba, E. G., & Lincoln, Y. S. (1994). Competing paradigms in qualitative research. In N. K.


Denzin, & Y. S. Lincoln (Eds.), Handbook of qualitative research (pp. 105-117). Sage: London.
Available
at: https://miguelangelmartinez.net/IMG/pdf/1994_Guba_Lincoln_Paradigms_Quali_Research_c
hapter.pdf

4) Krishnaswami, O, & Satyaprasad, B. 2010. Business Research Methods, Himalaya Publishing


House, Mumbai. Available from: ProQuest Ebook
Central. https://www.proquest.com/docview/2131162937/130AEE475A494AA0PQ/5?
accountid=188730 Ch. 3

5) Science Direct (2021) Constructivism. Available


at: https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/social-sciences/constructivism

Week 5 Reading
1) Aylesworth, G. 2015. Postmodernism. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Available
at: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/postmodernism/

2) Edelheim, J.R. 2014. Ontological, epistemological and axiological issues. In: Dredge, D.,
Airey, D. & Gross, M.J. eds. The Routledge Handbook of Tourism and Hospitality Education.
Routledge, Online. Available
at: https://www.routledgehandbooks.com/doi/10.4324/9780203763308.ch3

3) Guba, E. G., & Lincoln, Y. S. (1994). Competing paradigms in qualitative research. In N. K.


Denzin, & Y. S. Lincoln (Eds.), Handbook of qualitative research (pp. 105-117). Sage: London.
Available
at: https://miguelangelmartinez.net/IMG/pdf/1994_Guba_Lincoln_Paradigms_Quali_Research_c
hapter.pdf

4) Krishnaswami, O, & Satyaprasad, B. 2010. Business Research Methods, Himalaya Publishing


House, Mumbai. Available from: ProQuest Ebook
Central. https://www.proquest.com/docview/2131162937/130AEE475A494AA0PQ/5?
accountid=188730 Ch. 3

5) Science Direct (2021) Constructivism. Available


at: https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/social-sciences/constructivism

Week 6 Reading
1) Amolo, J., Migori, S. & Ramraj, A.B. 2018. The Debatable Paradigm of Mixed Methods.
Kidmore End: Academic Conferences International Limited. Available
at: https://www.proquest.com/docview/2088045433/Record/6A4F4CFEF2FF4EF0PQ/1?
accountid=188730

2) Jack, E.P. & Raturi, A.S. 2006. Lessons learned from methodological triangulation in
management research. Management Research News, 29(6), pp. 345-357. Available
at: https://www.proquest.com/docview/223533103/B7E7A0F9C512456EPQ/1?
accountid=188730

3) Emerald Publishing (2019) How to use mixed methods research? Available


at: https://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/how-to/research-methods/using-mixed-methods-
research?part=2

4) Guba, E. G., & Lincoln, Y. S. (1994). Competing paradigms in qualitative research. In N. K.


Denzin, & Y. S. Lincoln (Eds.), Handbook of qualitative research (pp. 105-117). Sage: London.
Available
at: https://miguelangelmartinez.net/IMG/pdf/1994_Guba_Lincoln_Paradigms_Quali_Research_c
hapter.pdf

5) Krishnaswami, O, & Satyaprasad, B. 2010. Business Research Methods, Himalaya Publishing


House, Mumbai. Available from: ProQuest Ebook
Central. https://www.proquest.com/docview/2131162937/130AEE475A494AA0PQ/5?
accountid=188730 Ch. 3, Ch. 4 & Ch. 5

6) Oliver, P 2010, The Student's Guide to Research Ethics, McGraw-Hill Education,


Maidenhead. Available from: ProQuest Ebook
Central. https://www.proquest.com/docview/2131114573/96FCC45D541449ACPQ/4?
accountid=188730

7) Open Learn (2020) Research Ethics. Available at: https://www.open.edu/openlearn/money-


management/understanding-different-research-perspectives/content-section-4

8) Queiros, A., Faria, D. & Almeida, F. (2017) Strengths and limitations of qualitative and
quantitative research methods. European Journal of Education Studies, 3(9), pp. 369-386.
Available at: https://oapub.org/edu/index.php/ejes/article/view/1017/2934

9) Science Direct (2021) Research Design. Available


at: https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/social-sciences/research-design

10) Fieulleteau, C. 2014. Research Integrity and Research Ethics. Available


at: https://uelresearch.com/2014/10/24/research-integrity-and-research-ethics/

11) University of Newcastle Library Guides. 2023. Research methods: What are research
methods? Available at: https://libguides.newcastle.edu.au/researchmethods
12) Vitae (2021) Research project stakeholders. Available at: https://www.vitae.ac.uk/doing-
research/leadership-development-for-principal-investigators-pis/leading-a-research-project/
applying-for-research-funding/research-project-stakeholders

Week 7 Reading
1) Snyder, H., 2019. Literature review as a research methodology: An overview and guidelines.
Journal of business research, 104, pp.333-339. Available
at: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0148296319304564

2) Emerald Publishing. 2019. How to use mixed methods research? Available


at: https://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/how-to/research-methods/using-mixed-methods-
research?part=2

3) Queiros, A., Faria, D. & Almeida, F. 2017. Strengths and limitations of qualitative and
quantitative research methods. European Journal of Education Studies, 3(9), pp. 369-386.
Available at: https://oapub.org/edu/index.php/ejes/article/view/1017/2934

4) Science Direct. 2021. Research Design. Available


at: https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/social-sciences/research-design

Week 8 Reading
1. Krishnaswami, O, & Satyaprasad, B. 2010. Business Research Methods, Himalaya
Publishing House, Mumbai. Available from: ProQuest Ebook
Central. https://www.proquest.com/docview/2131162937/130AEE475A494AA0PQ/5?
accountid=188730 Ch. 5

2. Snyder, H., 2019. Literature review as a research methodology: An overview and


guidelines. Journal of business research, 104, pp.333-339. Available
at: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0148296319304564

3. Grinyer, A. 2009. The ethics of secondary analysis and further use of qualitative data.
Social Research Update, 56, pp. 1-4. Available at: https://sru.soc.surrey.ac.uk/SRU56.pdf

4. Hox, J.J. & Boeije, H.R. 2005. Data collection, Primary vs. secondary. Encyclopedia of
Socal Management, 1, pp. 593-599. Available
at: https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/23634/hox_05_data+collection,primary+ve
rsus+secondary.pdf?sequence=1

5. Law, M. 2005. Reduce, reuse, recycle: Issues in the secondary use of research data.
International Association for Social Science Information Service and Technology, 29(1), pp. 5-
10. Available at: https://iassistquarterly.com/public/pdfs/iqvol291law.pdf
6. O’Leary, Z. 2020. Steps in secondary data analysis. Sage Publishing. Available
at: https://study.sagepub.com/oleary3e/student-resources/analysing-data/steps-in-secondary-data-
analysis

7. Open Learn. 2020. Advantages and limitations of secondary data. Available


at: https://www.open.edu/openlearn/money-business/using-data-aid-organisational-change/
content-section-6

Week 9 Reading
1. Datatab (n.d.) Descriptive statistics and inferential statistics. Available
at: https://datatab.net/tutorial/descriptive-inferential-statistics

2. Golafshani, N. 2003. Understanding reliability and validity in qualitative research. The


Qualitative Report, 8(4), pp. 597-607. Available at: https://nsuworks.nova.edu/tqr/vol8/iss4/6/

3. Mezmir, E.A. 2020. Qualitative data analysis: An overview of data reduction, data
display and interpretation. Research on Humanities and Social Sciences, 10(21), pp. 15-27.
Available at: https://www.iiste.org/Journals/index.php/RHSS/article/viewFile/54898/56707

4. Morse, J.M., Barrett, M., Mayan, M., Olson, K. & Spiers, J. 2002. Verification strategies
for establishing reliability and validity in qualitative research. International Journal of Qualitative
Methods, 1(2), pp. 13-22. Available
at: https://www.proquest.com/docview/2342350508/4D185E43BB524E25PQ/1?
accountid=188730

Week 10 Reading
1. Sage Publications (n.d.) A complete dissertation - The big picture. Available
at: https://www.sagepub.com/sites/default/files/upm-binaries/47686_ch_1.pdf

2. University of Southern California. 2021. Research Guides - The results. Available


at: https://libguides.usc.edu/writingguide/results

Week 11 Reading
1. Business Research Methodology (n.d.a) Research limitations. Available
at: https://research-methodology.net/research-methods/research-limitations/

2. Business Research Methodology (n.d.b) Suggestions for future research. Available


at: https://research-methodology.net/research-methodology/suggestions-future-research/

3. Sage Publications (n.d.) A complete dissertation - The big picture. Available


at: https://www.sagepub.com/sites/default/files/upm-binaries/47686_ch_1.pdf

4. University of Southern California. 2021. Research Guides: Limitations of the study.


Available at: https://libguides.usc.edu/writingguide/limitations

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