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作者：McPhee, Robert D.
作者单位：University of Wisconsin System; University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
摘要：In dealing with a large set of longitudinal case studies, researchers often assume that they can and should seek a single set of variables and explanatory theory to deal similarly with all the cases. This paper describes three approaches to the problems of cross-case integration and comparison. It also describes a set of comparative methods that can be used to diagnose case-study data-sets, to see which integrative approach is best.
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作者：Martin, Joanne
作者单位：Stanford University
摘要：This paper begins with a story told by a corporation president to illustrate what his organization was doing to help women employees balance the demands of work and home. The paper deconstructs and reconstructs this story text from a feminist perspective, examining what it says, what it does not say, and what it might have said. This analysis reveals how organizational efforts to help women have suppressed gender conflict and reified false dichotomies between public and private realms of endea...
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作者：Monge, Peter R.
作者单位：University of Southern California
摘要：Formulation of dynamic theories and process hypotheses is a crucial component in longitudinal research. This paper describes a framework for developing dynamic theory and hypotheses. The procedure require the theorist to address six dimensions of process in each variable: continuity, magnitude of change, rate of change, trend, periodicity and duration. Further, theorists are encouraged to explore the dynamic relations between sets of variables, including rate of change, magnitude of change, la...
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作者：Baligh, Helmy H.
作者单位：Duke University
摘要：The specific nature of decision rules and the pattern of connections they create between people help determine the performance of an organization. To show these casual connections, decision rules are rigorously defined and their algebraic structure explored. Properties of decision rules and of structure performance are then operationally defined. A number of propositions connecting decision rule properties to performance properties are made, their meanings investigated, and their truths suppor...
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作者：Abbott, Andrew
作者单位：Rutgers University System; Rutgers University New Brunswick
摘要：This paper considers the technical problem of analyzing sequences of social events. Examples of such sequences from organizational behavior include organizational life cycles, patterns of innovation development, and career tracks of individuals. The methods considered here enable the analyst to find characteristic patterns in such sequences. Forces shaping those patterns can then be found by more conventional methods. After a brief definitional section, the paper begins by discussing three typ...
