What? / How? / When?
Readings
wLinks work only on-campus. For off campus access use Article Finder
wPaper copies of readings in CIRHR Library / In-Class Activity
wHow to use wireless computers on UT campus
http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/cir/library/wireless.html / Assignment related to Topic & Due date / Date
What is this course about?
What is research? Why conduct it? / wSa 3-4; 12-17
wSe Ch 1 & Chart on p.56 / wComplete student information questionnaire
wStart Invention Activity in computer lab 6 OISE / Complete Invention Activity (part of Psych Info Assignment due on Oct 5, 2006) / 9/14/06
What will you study?
Selecting an issue↔ Doing a Lit Review / wSe 28; 57-71; 75-80 / wLearning to Use an Electronic Database Computer Lab 6 OISE
Ppt & worksheet / Start Electronic Database Assignment due on Oct 5, 2006 / 9/21/06
How to describe the phenomenon you will study?
Developing a hypothesis / wSe 87-90;103-109;116-125 (Ch 6)
wA journalist’s description of an academic study: The Gift Relationship; Doing Favours at Work The Economist, April 10, 2004, Vol. 371, Iss.8370, p. 59. ISSN 0013-0613.
wAbstract of article described above: How much Should I Give and How Often? Academy of Management Journal, Oct 2003, Vol. 46, Iss. 5, p.539. ISSN 0001-4273
wAn executive summary: Women on Boards Conference Board of Canada (go to http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/cir/library/confboardcanada.html) / wIdentifying hypotheses and variables with In-class Exercises
wGet Worksheet for describing articles for your research project / Find & Describe (using Worksheet) 2 empirical studies supporting your hypothesis (part of Rationale and Methodology assignments due on Nov 2 & Dec 14) / 9/28/06
What research designs can you use for your project?
wCitations to additional articles discussed in class / wSe 126-137 (Ch 6)
wSa Ch 2
wDo Guns Mean Crime?, The Economist, Jan 13, 2001, Vol. 358,Iss.8204. p. 76. ISSN 0013-0613.
wUnder the Metascope, The Economist, May 18, 1991, Vol.319,Iss.7707. p. 91. ISSN 0013-0613.
wAn example of a meta-analysis: Feedback effectiveness: Can 360-degree appraisals be improved? Academy of Management Executive, Feb 2000, Vol. 14, Iss 1 p.129-139. ISSN 1079-5545.
wchart on p.68 of Feedback Interventions: Toward the Understanding of a Double-Edged Sword, Current Directions in Psychological Science, June 1998 Vol 7, Iss. 3. ISSN 0963-7214. / wIdentifying experimental & field studies with in-class exercises
wAnswers to exercises completed in class
wSubmit electronic database assignment and invention activity / wFind & Describe (using Worksheet) 1 empirical study countering your hypothesis (part of Methodology & Rationale assignments due on Nov 2 & Dec 14, 2006) / 10/5/06
How to explain the phenomenon you will study? / wSe 91-103
wWhy hard-nosed executives should care about management theory.Harvard Business Review. Sep 2003.Vol. 81,Iss. 9, p.66-74ISSN 0017-8012 / wExplaining empirical findings
wWhy & how do the (at least) 2 empirical research studies you have found so far support the hypothesis? What reasons exist in your reading of previous research for why the hypothesis is supported in these studies? You can also give reasons not considered by the current literature for why the hypothesis is supported after adequately reviewing existing literature
wRepeat the above step for at least 1 empirical research study you have found so far that does not support the hypothesis
(part of Rationale assignment due 12/14/06) / wSee In-class activity column for this week on how to work on Rationale assignment due Dec 14, 2006) / 10/12/06
How to do field research? / wSaks 50-86 (Ch 3) OR Se 135-136; 270-274
wSe 195-202 (Ch 9); 236-250; 210-217 (Appendix of Ch 9 examples of measures)
wThe Fruits of Field work, The Economist, Aug 17, 2002. Vol.364,Iss.8286, p. 64 ISSN 0013-0613
wEthics in data collection Se 260-261 / wExamine a data collection instrument designed with previous research by the instructor / wComplete Data Collection instrument designed by instructor
wWork on Methodology assignment due on Nov 2, 2006
wClick here for the template of an approved informed consent and study information sheet / 10/19/06
How to measure your variables?
Operational Definitions & Scale / wSe Ch 8
wSa 191-192
wThe Numbers Game: Ranking Business Schools, The Economist, Oct 12, 2002. Vol.365,Iss.8294, p. 87. ISSN 0013-0613)
wThe Reserve Army, The Economist, Feb 14, 2004. Vol.370,Iss.8362, p. 88. ISSN 0013-0613
wGauging Generosity, The Economist, May 3, 2003. Vol.367,Iss.8322. p. 84. ISSN 0013-0613. / wBring completed Data Collection Instruments to class / wWork on Methodology assignment due on Nov 2, 2006 / 10/26/06
1. a How to give the rationale for your research project (ppt)
b Additional guidelines for assignment (doc)
c Audio podcast of lecture
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2.a What to do first with the data you collect?
Entering, cleaning & describing your data / wMeans to an End, The Economist, June 6, 1998. Vol.347,Iss.8071, p. 72. ISSN 0013-0613.
wSa 80-83; 301-306
wSe 301-307; 393-400 / w Compute descriptive Statistics with Software (meet in OISE Computer Lab)
Things you will need for workshop
1. Excel Data File
2. SPSS data file
3. SPSS output file / Data Analysis assignment due on 01/25/07
Rationale assignment due on 12/14/06 / 11/2/06
How to assess the quality of your measures?
Reliability
Audio Podcast of workshop
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Part2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Part 7 / wSe 307-308 / wCompute Reliability Coefficients with Software
Things you will need for workshop
1. First data file with 3 graders & 10 essays in spss (click here for excel)
2. File with 6 graders in spss & (File with 6 graders in excel)
3. File with 20 essays and 3 graders (click here for excel)
4. File with 2 graders
5. Excel file with satisfaction survey data (i.e., i.e., data collected in class on instrument devised by instructor) / Data Analysis assignment due on 01/25/07 / 11/9/06
How to assess the quality of your research? Validity
Audio Podcast of lecture
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Part4 / w Developing a Learning Style Orientation Measure, Towler & Dipboye, in Organizational Research Methods, April 2003. Vol. 6, Iss. 2, p. 216-235
wSe 307-308
wThe Unmeasurable Lightness of being, The Economist, Nov 23, 1996. Vol.341,Iss.7993. p. 85. ISSN 0013-0613.
wIn Describing Use, the Count Has Its Limits (New York Times, July 1, 2001)
wSe Ch 2 (features of scientific research)
wSa 183-184; 210-223 (validity)
wSe 206-208 (validity); 308 (computing validity) 400-402 (computing correlations) / wCompute Correlational Statistics with Software / Data Analysis assignment due on 01/25/07 / 11/16/06
How to extract meaning from data?—I
Audio Podcast of workshop
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Part4 / wCatch up on other readings not completed thus far
wSignifying Nothing?, The Economist, Jan 31, 2004. Vol.370,Iss.8360. p. 71. ISSN 0013-0613
wSe 405-407 / wCompute Correlations & Regressions with Software / Data Analysis assignment due on 01/25/07 / 11/23/06
How to extract meaning from data?--II / wSe 403-405 / wCompute Mean Differences / Data Analysis assignment due on 01/25/07 / 11/30/06
Extracting meaning from data
Audio Podcast of workshop
Part1
Part2 / Some syntax files are in v15 can be incompatible with other versions (!!) To view them, save them on your desktop and use “open with” option and open with MS-word to view contents. Cut & pasted into a new syntax file to then generate relevant output.
wSyntax file & output file for recoding & reliability analyses from previous class
wSimple regression Data , Syntax,
wStepwise Regression: Output (if unable to view, generate own output by running the simple regression syntax)
wMediator regression: Data , Syntax ,
wT-test: Data, Syntax, / Compute Correlations & Regressions, Mean Differences with software / Data Analysis assignment due on 01/25/07 / 12/7/06
Rationale for Research Project Due / No class / Data Analysis assignment due on 01/25/07 / 12/14/06
wRe-orientation to course
wFeedback on rationale assignment
Audio podcast
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Part9 / wYour rationale assignment
wPrevious lectures on Statistics / wRe-orientation with SPSS / Data Analysis assignment due on 01/25/07 / 1/11/07
wQualitative data collection & analysis
Observational data (ppt)
Interview data (ppt) / wSutton, R. I., & Rafaeli, A. (1988). Untangling the relationship between displayed emotions and organizational sales: The case of convenience stores. Academy of Management Journal, Vol. 31, p. 461-487.
wRudermann, M., Ohlott, P. Panzer, K. & King, S. (2002). Benefits of Multiple Roles for Managerial Women. Academy of Management Journal, Vol. 45 Iss. 2 (April) p. 369-386.
wCh 6 Saks / 1/18/07
wHow to explain things orally (ppt)
Audio podcast
wData Analyses Assignment Due (doc) / wRowan, E (1995). A new pedagogy for explanatory public speaking: Why arrangement should not substitute for invention in “Communication Education” Vol 44, July Issue. Read only p.240-250 (only paper copy available on reserve at CIRHR library)
wInstructions and grading sheet for short oral presentations (doc) / Short oral Presentations by students on 2/8/07 and 2/15/07 / 1/25/07
Ethics
Lecture notes next to readings / wAguinis & Henle, (2002) Ethics in research. In S. Rogelberg (Ed.). Handbook of Research Methods in Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Malden, MA: Blackwell (ppt)
wSaks 86-88 (survey research ethics);114-117 (experimental research ethics); 154-156 (qualitative research ethics) (ppt)
wSekaran 165-166 (experimental research ethics)
wSee Movie “Kitchen Stories” (ppt) / 2/1/07
Assessing the quality of experimental designs--
Short oral presentations by students / Ch 4 Saks / 2/8/07
Assessing the quality of experimental designs--
Short oral presentations by students / Ch 4 Saks / 2/15/07
No Class, Spring Break / 2/22/07
wMeta Analysis
wSlides on how to do final oral presentations
wPodcast on how to do final oral presentations / wMcNatt, D. B. (2000). Ancient Pygmalion joins contemporary Management. Journal of Applied Psychology, Vol 85, Iss 2, p.314-322.
wCh 6 Saks / 3/1/07
Student meetings in Rm 201 CIRHR / 3/8/07
Student Presentations on Final Projects / Beatrice & Dan
Geoff & Rachel / 3/15/07
wStudent Presentations on Final Projects
wProject Write up Due
wBrief lecture on how to do final paper
wPodcast on how to do final paper / Lauren & Susan
Marie & Amy
Leora & Melissa
Solace / 3/22/07
Student Presentations on Final Projects / Maggie & Gayle
Merdith
Dara
Elissa / 3/29/07
Student Presentations on Final Projects / Lynne & Clara
Joe
Ramsey & Joel
Alex / 4/5/07
Student Presentations on Final Projects / Glen
Karine
Amy
Thomas & Sara / 4/12/07
Notes.
Se=Sekaran, U. (2003). Research Methods for Business: A Skill Building Approach (4th Ed). New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons (available for short-term loan in CIRHR Library)
Sa=Saks, A. M. (2000). Research Measurement and Evaluation of Human Resources Toronto, ON: Nelson Thompson Learning (available for short-term loan in CIRHR Library)
“Academy of Management Executive” name changed to “Academy of Management Perspectives”
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