Research Methods in Human Resource Management – Toward Valid Research–Based Inf…

Research Methods in Human Resource ManagementToward Valid Research-Based Inferences\nAuthor(s): Eugene F. Stone-Romero, Patrick J. Rosopa, Dianna L. Stone, James H. Dulebohn\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Emerald Publishing Inc, United States\nImprint: Information Age Publishing\nISBN-13: 9781648020896, 978-1648020896\nSynopsis\nEmpirical research in HRM has focused on such issues as recruiting, testing, selection, training, motivation, compensation, and employee well-being. A review of the literature on these and other topics suggests that less than optimal methods have often been used in many HRM studies. Among the methods-related problems are using (a) measures or manipulations that have little or no construct validity, (b) samples of units ([url] participants, organizations) that bear little or no correspondence to target populations, (c) research designs that have little or no potential for supporting valid causal inferences, (d) samples that are too small to provide for adequate.