Domain Statement
The Research Methods Division is committed to advancing and disseminating techniques for the collection, evaluation, and interpretation of information pertinent to management scholarship. The Division emphasizes the identification, systematic development, and application of appropriate qualitative and quantitative research methods within the management field. The Division also encourages discussions and debates on topics such as measurement, analytic approaches, and philosophy of science. Major topics covered include, but are not limited to, qualitative methods (discourse analysis, ethnography, evaluative research, grounded theory approach, historical analysis, textual analysis), quantitative methods (cross-cultural and comparative methods, experimental and nonexperimental research design, survey research), statistical/analytical methods (causal mapping, construct validation, measurement development and evaluation, statistical modeling techniques), and other related issues (action research, epistemology, scholarly writing and publication, theory development).