Explaining Human Behavior: Social & Organizational Theories (Statistical Associates Blue Book Series 13) Kindle Edition

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A graduate-level survey of social and organizational theories with a view to integrating social science theory in research and dissertation writing, Over two dozen common social science theories are presented, each including an inventory of testable hypotheses and a bibliography. Also included are general sections on framing the research question, forming hypotheses, writing the introduction and literature review sections, using theoretical frameworks, and other aspects of article and dissertation writing.

New in the 2015 edition:

The 277-page 2015 edition replaces the 118-page 2013 edition.
Covers a wide variety of social science theoryies, with overview summaries, propositional inventories of illustrative implied hypotheses, and bibliographies.
Eight additional theories newly covered in the 2015 edition: affordance theory, conflict theory, exchange theory, social cognitive theory, social comparison theory, structural-functional theory, structuration theory, and the technology acceptance model (TAM theory).
Extensive expansions and updates for the 20 theories covered in the 2013 edition: actor-network theory, agenda-setting theory, chaos theory, contingency theory, diffusion theory, feminist theory, institutional theory, market theory, multiple streams theory, network theory, organizational ecology theory, principal-agent theory, public choice theory, resource dependence theory, social capital theory, social choice theory, social ecology theory, social judgment theory, symbolic interaction theory, and systems theory.
SOCIAL SCIENCE THEORY IN RESEARCH AND DISSERTATION WRITING

Table of Contents3
Introduction8
Actor-Network Theory9
Overview9
Illustrative hypotheses10
Selected bibliography on actor-network theory12
Affordance theory15
Overview15
Illustrative hypotheses18
Selective bibliography on affordance theory19
Agenda-setting theory22
Overview22
Illustrative hypotheses23
Selected bibliography on agenda-setting theory25
Chaos theory29
Overview29
Illustrative hypotheses33
Selected bibliography on chaos theory35
Conflict theory38
Overview38
Illustrative hypotheses45
Bibliography47
Contingency theory48
Overview48
Illustrative hypotheses51
Bibliography52
Diffusion theory56
Overview56
Illustrative hypotheses61
Selected bibliography on diffusion theory63
Exchange theory68
Overview68
Illustrative hypotheses70
Selected Bibliography72
Feminist theory75
Overview75
Illustrative hypotheses76
Selected bibliography on feminist theory77
Institutional theory80
Overview80
Illustrative hypotheses84
Selected bibliography on institutional theory87
Market theory91
Overview91
Illustrative hypotheses92
Selected bibliography on market theory93
Multiple streams theory95
Overview95
Illustrative hypotheses97
Selected bibliography on multiple stream theory98
Network theory100
Overview100
Illustrative hypotheses102
Selected bibliography on network theory104
Organizational ecology theory107
Overview107
Illustrative hypotheses110
Selected bibliography on organizational ecology theory111
Principal-agent theory115
Overview115
Illustrative hypotheses116
Selected bibliography on principal-agent theory118
Public choice theory122
Overview122
Illustrative hypotheses125
Selected bibliography on public choice theory126
Resource dependence theory129
Overview129
Illustrative hypotheses130
Selected bibliography on resource dependence theory133
Social capital theory137
Overview137
Illustrative hypotheses141
Selected bibliography on social capital theory143
Social choice theory149
Overview149
Illustrative hypotheses151
Selected bibliography on social choice theory152
Social-cognitive theory157
Overview157
Illustrative hypotheses162
Selected bibliography on social-cognitive theory164
Social comparison theory169
Overview169
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Publisher: Statistical Associates Publishers; 2015 edition (April 19, 2015)
Publication Date: April 19, 2015
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Language: English
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