Research

This book discusses salient moments of multilingual encounters and brings together contributions focused on the interplay between language use by individuals and societies, and language-related inequalities or opportunities for speakers. The chapters...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781948216142Author Michael FrizellFormat PaperbackPage Count 30Imprint Tidalwave ProductionsPublisher Tidalwave ProductionsWeight(grams) 64gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781071818862Author Margarita PivovarovaFormat PaperbackPage Count 460Imprint SAGE Publications IncPublisher SAGE Publications IncWeight(grams) 670g

If you believe the impact of management research and education is in decline, this book will help you play your part. Doing Research that Matters looks at an old issue from a new perspective, taking a fresh and cross-disciplinary approach to learning how...

This volume considers the challenges and opportunities of online literature classes and gives instructors tools to ensure students are engaged in the virtual classroom. The ideas shared here are grounded in research, practice, critical self-reflection,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789995750909Author Joe MifsudFormat PaperbackPage Count 440Imprint Kite Group LtdPublisher Kite Group LtdWeight(grams) 1500g

The chapters in this book call attention to vulnerabilities, challenges and risks for applied linguistics researchers and the communities they work with across a broad range of contexts from the Global North and South, and in both signed and spoken...

Malcolm Carey provides social work students, academics and practitioners with a practical guide to completion of a small-scale qualitative research project or dissertation. This clear text takes the reader through the process of beginning and developing...

This book sets out duoethnography as a method of research, reflective practice and as a pedagogical approach in English Language Teaching (ELT). The book provides an introduction to the history of duoethnography and lays out its theoretical foundations...

This book explores research from the researchers' perspective: why to engage in research, what methods to follow, how to operate in daily life, what the responsibilities are, how to engage with society, and the ethical issues confronting professionals in...

This book aims to shed light on the use of various modelling tools and simulation techniques in the domains of tourism and hospitality. It offers an essential introduction to the most popular methods used for modelling and simulating systems and...

Private Libraries in Renaissance England (PLRE) is the major ongoing editorial project devoted to the history of private book ownership in early modern Britain. With the publication of Volume 7 (2009), PLRE completed editions of the 162 Renaissance...

This volume is an essential reference for designing, analysing and reflecting on field research. It advances the literature on gender by taking a specific focus on masculinity. The book is organised into four sections: hegemonic and heteronormative...

Volume 9 continues to expand the range of early modern book owners represented in PLRE. The libraries in this volume were collected by statesmen, diplomats, government officials, and estate landowners; by merchants and tradesmen (a cooper, an apothecary,...

This book offers a comprehensive introduction to historic and contemporary efforts to regulate tobacco and reduce the staggering number of people who die from using tobacco products. With calls for greater government regulation of tobacco culminating in...

Mixed-mode surveys have become a standard at many statistical institutes. However, the introduction of multiple modes in one design goes with challenges to both methodology and logistics. Mode-specific representation and measurement differences become...

This insightful book examines all aspects of the design process and implementation of questionnaire surveys on the activities of business, public sector, and non-profit organizations. Anthony Arundel discusses how different aspects of the survey method...

This book focuses on a key issue in the methodology of the social and behavioural sciences: the mixing of different research methods. The extent to which qualitative and quantitative research differ from one another has long been a subject of debate. ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912271542Author Michael BirtFormat PaperbackPage Count 618Imprint Northern Bee BooksPublisher Northern Bee BooksWeight(grams) 1311g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692508909Author Pete RawlikFormat PaperbackPage Count 46Imprint Lovecraft Ezine PressPublisher Lovecraft Ezine PressWeight(grams) 82gDimensions(mm) 229mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911218654Author Professor Dan RemenyiFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint AcpilPublisher AcpilWeight(grams) 148g

What are the problems to which materialist methodologies are posed as a solution? In this book, Aaron M. Kuntz maps the impact of materialism on contemporary practices of inquiry in education and the social sciences. Through this work, the author...

Research is difficult. Even though students are trained in the basic research methodology skills, when confronted with research writing, it feels to them as if they enter a bizarre world, with its own language and conventions, where it is hard to get...

This book explores the challenges and opportunities involved in conducting research with members of immigrant, refugee and other minoritized communities. Through first-hand reflective accounts, contributors explore community-based collaborative work, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781935356622Author Timothy J HoughtonFormat PaperbackPage Count 106Imprint Houghton and HoughtonPublisher Houghton and HoughtonWeight(grams)...

The Buros Desk Reference series contains reviews of test instruments commonly used in particular areas. Assessment of Substance Abuse is an indispensable resource for counselors, psychologists, researchers, and others who work with substance abuse issues...

This book sets out to reposition research from an intimidating academic ritual to a practical, intuitive process that anyone can engage with. Research, when taught as a human skill-not just a technical subject-becomes far more powerful, personal, and...

This comprehensive guide explores the critical role of ethical principles in contemporary academic research, addressing the evolving challenges researchers face in maintaining transparency, honesty, and accountability. As research methodologies advance...

Rooted in the philosophical perspective of ontology, epistemology and axiology (and methodology of sciences), this book offers a systematic inquiry into how management scholars design and justify their research.It traces the discipline's identity, and...

This volume investigates the ways in which Q methodology contributes to language education and language policy research, demonstrating how this research approach can be used to explore topics including identity, motivation, cognition, emotion,...

Develop the essential skills and knowledge you need to complete your research project effectively. Doing Research in Business and Management, 3e, is a concise and accessible guide designed to support you through your research project or dissertation...

This book reviews the effects of the professional use of social media on science and scholarship, providing practical tips, tools, and guidelines for platforms, practices, and routines on social media for academics.Through concise case studies from...

The Handbook of Sport and Japan presents a fascinating collection of established and new scholarship, a valuable text for readers who want to use sport as lens to look more closely into a nation. The handbook draws on a diversity of perspectives,...

Autoethnography and psychobiography, while distinct in focus and application, share key similarities that make them compatible for combined use in research. Despite these commonalities, combining autoethnography and psychobiography remains surprisingly...

Academic research in higher education must innovate to remain relevant, accurate, and accessible. This volume examines various methodological trainings conducted under the University Grants Commission-STRIDE (Scheme for Trans-disciplinary Research for...

This book explores the benefits of incorporating the photo-elicitation method into interviews within arts and cultural administration, leadership, and management research.For the qualitative researcher, photographs open pathways to richer understandings...

Defining the principles and practices of walking as critical pedagogy, this book engages with social questions and challenges related to understandings of the Anthropocene.Through a series of chapters that operationalize walking as a form of...

Social Network Analysis and Text Mining for Big Data presents cutting-edge methods and tools that bridge the gap between text mining and social network analysis research while also providing new insights for analyzing (big) textual and network data...

A first-of-its-kind handbook outlining best practices and common pitfalls for students and textual scholars interested in beginning to work with manuscripts While manuscripts are rare in most of the world today, they were once ubiquitous. Before the...

Studying Complex Interactions and Outcomes Through Qualitative Comparative Analysis: A Practical Guide to Comparative Case Studies and Ethnographic Data Analysis offers practical, methodological, and theoretically robust guidelines to systematically...