The moral politics of organizations: reflections of an unlikely feminist

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In this autobiographical account, the author describes how her background and organizational experiences in school, the church, employment, and other contexts have influenced her life and work. The author's upbringing in a Deep South town dominated by a textile company and her work in universities as a student and faculty member have led to her interest in organizational use and abuse of power, decision making, ethics, discriminatory practices, and the contradictions of official versus informal goals and practices. When organizations in her life failed to uphold their promises of neutrality, meritocracy, and fairness, particularly with respect to women, the author came to realize how much organizations tolerate and sometimes even reward rule violations. This prompted her to become a feminist, and to view organizations as entities responsible for the morality of their outcomes. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)

Social aspects, Ethics, Feminism, Autobiography

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Grounded theory and organizational research

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The inductive theory discovery methodology that enables research personnel to build a theoretical explanation of the broad characteristics of a subject while also grounding the explanation in empirical data is called inductive theory. Besides and introduction to this method this study describes the usefulness of this approach to investigations on work organizations, and literature utilizing this theory is reviewed to demonstrate a variety of applications. Precise strategies for pursuing grounded theory research on organizations are explored, with special attention being given to note taking and writing and concept discovery and determination. Grounded theory can determine positive improvements in the work situation, and can assist in increasing understanding.

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A quantitative analysis of experimentwise error rates in applied behavioral science research

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This article discusses the problem of Type I error in behavioral science research and describes three measures of error rate: experimentwise, per-experiment, and percentage error rates. The author computes error rates for a sample of behavioral science literature using these three procedures, with the sample comprising seven articles published in The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science. The results of the analysis suggest the presence of a substantial incidence of Type I error in the research. The author presents possible solutions to these problems. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)

Publishing industry, Social science research, Error analysis (Mathematics), Psychology, Applied, Applied psychology, Journal of Applied Behavioral Science (Periodical)

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