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Question 1

Chapter 4. Which of the following are criteria that research

Questions for a dissertation or project should meet? Please select all that apply.

A
Questions should be researchable

B
Questions should be relevant to managers

C
Questions should be either too broad or too narrow

D
Questions should be broad

Answer 1

A & C

Question 2

Chapter 4. Supervisors are not permitted to help students develop

their research questions.

Answer 2

FALSE

Question 3

Chapter 4. Planning research projects is not necessary as they

are impossible to plan.

T
True
F
False

Answer 3

FALSE

Question 4

Chapter 4. Your level of interest in the topic isn’t important,

what’s more important is that the topic is of interest to your supervisor.

T
True
F
False

Answer 4

False

Question 5

Chapter 4. You should leave all of the writing until the end of the project when you are ready to write it all up.

T
True
F
False

Answer 5

FALSE

Question 6

Chapter 4. You shouldn’t pre-commit to one idea, approach,

research design, or data source to the exclusion of other possibilities.

T
True
F
False

Answer 6

TRUE

Question 7

Chapter 4. Listen to various advice but make your own choices in your research projects.

T
True
F
False

Answer 7

True

Question 8

Chapter 5. Why should you read the existing literature? Please select all that apply.

A
To find out what is known about an area

B
To understand what research methods and strategies have been used

C
To provide an answer to your research question

D
To find any inconsistencies in findings relating to the area

Answer 8

Correct Answers

A, B, D

To find any inconsistencies in findings relating to the area

To understand what research methods and strategies have been used

To find out what is known about an area

Question 9

Chapter 5. What is an academic journal?

A
An information article from Wikipedia

B
A journal reviewed by the lay community as well as business practitioners

C
A scholarly, peer-reviewed or refereed journal publication where research papers have gone through a process of “double blind” peer review

D
A business newspaper such as the Financial Times

Answer 9

C)

Question 10

Chapter 5. A systematic literature review applies a narrative, qualitative approach to the task of analysing previous scholarship

T
True
F
False

Answer 10

Correct Answer:
False
Explanation:
This is an approach to reviewing the literature that adopts explicit, often quantitative, procedures.

Question 11

Chapter 5. Which of the following is not a method of

constructing inter-textual coherence in a literature review? Please, answer in line with Golden-Biddle and Locke’s research.

A
Synthesised coherence

B
Progressive coherence

C
Evaluative coherence

D
Non-coherence

Answer 11

Correct Answer:
Evaluative coherence

Explanation:
Golden-Biddle and Locke’s research suggests that the way the author’s position in relation to the literature is presented is an important component of storytelling. Constructing inter-textual coherence—refers to the way in which existing knowledge is represented and organized; the author shows how contributions to the literature relate to each other and the research reported. The techniques used are:

• Synthesized coherence—puts together work that is generally considered

unrelated; theory and research previously regarded as unconnected are pieced together.

• Progressive coherence—portrays the building-up of an area of knowledge around which there is considerable consensus.
• Non-coherence—recognition that there have been many contributions to a certain research program, but there is considerable disagreement among practitioners.

Each of these strategies is designed to leave room for a contribution to be

made.

Question 12

Chapter 5. What are the key steps of conducting a systematic literature review? Select all that apply

A
Specify the question and planning the review

B
Conducting the review

C
Analysing your primary research data

D
Report and dissemination

Answer 12

A, B & D

Question 13

Chapter 5. Narrative reviews tend to be more wide ranging in scope than systematic reviews.

T
True
F
False

Answer 13

Correct Answer:
True
Explanation:
Narrative reviews therefore tend to be less focused and more wide-ranging in scope than systematic reviews. They are also less explicit about the criteria for exclusion or inclusion of studies. One advantage of a narrative synthesis is that it can be used as a platform for reviewing and summarizing both quantitative and qualitative studies.

Question 14

Chapter 5. Endnote is a software package that allows you to organise your reference list.

T
True
F
False

Answer 14

Explanation:
A basic version of EndNote Web is available free and allows up to 50,000

references to be stored.

http://endnote.com;

Question 15

Chapter 5. Plagiarism involves drawing from the work of others but acknowledging it in your research report.

T
True
F
False

Answer 15

False

Question 16

Chapter 5. What plagiarism is and how it should be penalized is clearly understood at all universities globally.

T
True
F
False

Answer 16

Correct Answer:
False
Explanation:
One final point to note is that plagiarism is like a moving target. What it is, how it should be defined, how it can be detected, how it should be penalized: all of these issues and others are in a state of flux as we write this chapter. It is very much a shifting situation precisely because of the perception that it is increasing in frequency. The penalties can be severe, and, as we have witnessed when students have been presented with evidence of their plagiarism, it can be profoundly embarrassing and distressing for them. The message is simple: do not do it, and make sure that you know exactly what it is and how it is defined at your institution so that you do not inadvertently commit the sin of plagiarism.

Question 17

Chapter 6. Writers are usually in broad agreement with each other over ethical issues and questions.

T
True
F
False

Answer 17

Correct Answer:
False
Explanation:
Writers often differ quite widely from each other over ethical issues and questions. In other words, they differ over what is and is not ethically acceptable.

Question 18

Chapter 6. A universalist stance takes the view that ethical precepts depend upon the context in which the research takes place.

T
True
F
False

Answer 18

Correct Answer:
False
Explanation:
A universalist stance takes the view that ethical precepts should never be broken.

Question 19

Chapter 6. Situation ethics or Principled relativism has two ways of being represented (as proposed by Goode (1996) and J. Fletcher (1966: 31). Please select all that apply.

A
No choice

B
Anything goes

C
The end justifies the means

D
Do no harm

Answer 19

A & C

Question 20

Chapter 6. Which of the following is not a core ethical

principal around research?

A
There must be no harm to participants

B
There must be no invasion of privacy

C
There must be no controversy around the research

D
There must be no deception involved

Answer 20

C)

Question 21

Chapter 6. The purpose of a confidentiality agreement between a researcher and an organisation is to define and restrict the type of information that you are permitted to access and establish what kind of information you are able to disclose about the company

T
True
F
False

Answer 21

True

Question 22

Chapter 6. Participants in a research study must always remain anonymous

T
True
F
False

Answer 22

False!

Question 23

Chapter 6. The collection and storage of digital data has all but eliminated any concerns about confidentiality and other ethical issues.

T
True
F
False

Answer 23

Correct Answer:
False
Explanation:
The routine collection and storing of digital data and the practices of data sharing raise new concerns about confidentiality and other ethical issues.

Question 24

Chapter 6. It is expected that researchers will declare any affiliations, conflicts of interests or funding in conducting and publishing their research.

T
True
F
False

Answer 24

True

Question 25

Chapter 6. Researchers who take a photograph of an individual and reproduce it as part of a study should obtain written or verbal consent for doing so.

T
True
F
False

Answer 25

True

Question 26

Chapter 6. Online discussion lists are public, they can be researched and their data published in your thesis/dissertation without any difficulty.

T
True
F
False

Answer 26

Correct Answer:
False
Explanation:
It is a good idea to check the welcoming messages of public discussion lists for guidance on how to cite email messages. Some discussion groups state that researchers must notify the group in advance of any research being taken.

Question 27

Chapter 7. Rhetoric is concerned with the ways in which attempts to convince or persuade an audience are formulated in language.

T
True
F
False

Answer 27

Correct Answer:
True
Explanation:
The study of rhetoric is fundamentally concerned with the ways in which attempts to convince or persuade an audience are formulated.

Question 28

Chapter 7. Which of the following is not usually found in a report of a quantitative study?

A
Measurement

B
Results

C
Confession

D
Validation

Answer 28

C) Confession

Question 29

Chapter 7. The introductory section of a research report should aim to:

A
identify the specific focus of the study.

B
provide a rationale for the dissertation, or thesis, or article

C
grab the reader’s attention

D
all of the above

Answer 29

D)

Question 30

Chapter 7. What is the purpose of the conclusion in a research report?

A
It just a summary what the article already said.

B
It summarizes the key findings in relation to the research questions.

C
It outlines the methodological procedures that were employed.

D
It contains a useful review of the relevant literature.

Answer 30

B)

Question 31

Chapter 7. Which of the following is not normally included in a

written account of qualitative research?

A
An introduction, locating the research in its theoretical context.

B
An explanation of the design of the study

C
A discussion of the main findings in relation to the research questions.

D
A decision to accept or reject the hypothesis.

Answer 31

D)

Question 32

Chapter 7. The humanistic genre is the dominant form of writing in business and management research

T
True
F
False

Answer 32

Correct Answer:
False
Explanation:
“these conventions…form part of the logico-scientific genre, which is the dominant form of writing in business and management research.

Question 33

Chapter 7. The best way to write up your project is at the end, when you know precisely what you need to say

T
True
F
False

Answer 33

Correct Answer:
False
Explanation:
It is easy to take the view that the writing-up of your research findings is

something that you can think about after you have collected and analysed your data. However, there are good reasons for beginning writing early on, since you might want to start thinking about such issues as how best to present and justify the research questions that are driving your research or how to structure the theoretical and research literature that will have been used to frame your research questions.

Question 34

Chapter 7. In a report of quantitative research, an empiricist repertoire serves to:

A
confuse the reader with long and technical words

B
demonstrate the researcher’s reflexivity about their role in the research process

C
provide a confessional tale of what went wrong in the procedure

D
give the impression that the results were objective and logically inevitable

Answer 34

D)

Question 35

Chapter 7. Writing up your research is a matter of reporting your findings and drawing your conclusions, it isn’t necessary to be persuasive in how you write.

T
True
F
False

Answer 35

Correct Answer:
False
Explanation:
This point is crucial. Writing up your research is not simply a matter of reporting your findings and drawing some conclusions. Writing up your research will contain many other features, such as referring to the literature on which you drew, explaining how you did your research, and outlining how you conducted your analysis. But, above all, you must be persuasive. This means that you must convince your readers of the credibility of your conclusions. Simply saying ‘This is what I found; isn’t it interesting?’ is not enough. You must persuade your readers that your findings and conclusions are significant and that they are plausible.

Question 36

Question:

Chapter 7. What best characterises the term reflexivity

Answer 36

Correct Answer:
Where the researcher thinks deeply about the knowledge generation process and the taken-for-granted assumptions

Explanation:
In a general sense, reflexivity is about thinking deeply about the process of knowledge generation in research and questioning taken-for-granted assumptions about research.

Question 37

Chapter 7. A reflexive business researcher will be inclined to write about:

A
The way in which their findings are objectively truthful and valid.

B
The way in which their findings unfolded naturally and inevitably through logical deduction.

C
The effects that their values, biases and theoretical leanings might have had upon the data collection and analysis.

D
The unproblematic and straightforward procedures of designing research, building a consent with participants and interpreting the findings.

Answer 37

C)

Correct Answer:
The effects that their values, biases and theoretical leanings might have had upon the data collection and analysis.

Explanation:
The term “reflexivity” refers to the ability to locate oneself in the research process and be critically aware of the effects that one’s values, biases and expectations may have had upon the outcomes of the research.

Question 38

Question:
Chapter 7. Reflexivity is closely linked to the concept of postmodernism

TRUE or False?

Answer 38

True

Question 39

Chapter 7. There are two types of academic writing – “good” and “bad”, and there is large agreement on which falls into what category

T
True
F
False

Answer 39

False

Question 40

Chapter 7. Which of the following can be a problem when writing journal articles?

A
No theory

B
Amateur style and tone

C
Insufficient definition—theory

D
All of the above

Answer 40

D)

Question 41

Chapter 8. Quantitative research is the dominant methodological approach in business research.

T
True
F
False

Answer 41

True

Question 42

Chapter 8. Quantitative research is most closely aligned with a constructionist philosophy of science.

T
True
F
False

Answer 42

True

Question 43

Question:
Chapter 8. Quantitative research is mainly deductive in approach.

True or false

Answer 43

True

Question 44

Chapter 8. Concepts are the building blocks of theory and represent the points around which business research is conducted.

T
True
F
False

Answer 44

True

Question 45

Question:
Chapter 8. Why should we measure in quantitative research? Please select all that apply.

A) Measurement provides the basis for more precise estimates of the degree of relationship between concepts.

B) Measurement gives us a consistent device or yardstick for marking such distinctions.

C) Measurement allows us to delineate fine differences between people in terms of the characteristics in question.

Answer 45

A, B, C

Question 46

Chapter 8. Content analysis can be used for the analysis of mass media content.

T
True
F
False

Answer 46

Correct Answer:
True
Explanation:
through an examination of mass media content through content analysis—for example, to determine changes in the salience of an issue, such as courage in managerial decision-making (Harris 2001).

Question 47

Chapter 8. The use of multiple-indicator measures reflects the fact that some phenomena are uni-dimensional.

T
True
F
False

Answer 47

Correct Answer:
False
Explanation:
‘the use of multiple-indicator measures reflects the fact that some phenomena are multi-dimensional’.

Question 48

Chapter 8. Which of the following is not a meaning for the term ‘reliability’?

A
External reliability

B
Internal reliability

C
Inter-rater reliability

D
Stability

Answer 48

Correct Answer:
External reliability

Explanation:
There are at least three different meanings of the term ‘reliability’: stability, internal reliability, and inter-rater reliability.

Question 49

Chapter 8. Face validity is when the measure apparently reflects the content of the concept in question.

T
True
F
False

Answer 49

Correct Answer:
True
Explanation:
At the very minimum, a researcher who develops a new measure should establish that it has face validity— that is, that the measure apparently reflects the content of the concept in question.

Question 50

Chapter 8. Concurrent validity is where the researcher employs a criteria on which cases are known to be the same and relevant to the concept in question.

T
True
F
False

Answer 50

Correct Answer:
False
Explanation:
The researcher might seek also to gauge the concurrent validity of the measure. Here the researcher employs a criterion on which cases (for example, people) are known to differ and that is relevant to the concept in question