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Organizational behavior
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the systematic study and application of knowledge about how individuals and groups act within the organizations where they work.
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OB research methods
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Surveys
Laboratory studies Case studies Meta analysis |
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Laboratory Studies
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where one group is assigned one condition and the other group is assigned the control condition (generally the control condition involves no change at all).
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Case Studies
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are in-depth descriptions of a single industry
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Benefits to case studies
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that they provide rich information for drawing conclusions about the circumstances and people involved in the topics studied
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Downside to Case Sudies
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is sometimes difficultto generalize what worked in a single situation at a single organization to other situations and organizations
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Meta-Analysis
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Meta-analysis is a technique used by researchers to summarize what other researchers have found on a given topic
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Advantages to meta- Analysis
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is that it gives a more definitive answer to a question than a single study ever could
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Downside to Meta-Analysis
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that meta-analysis is only possible
if sufficient research has been done on the topic in question. |
