Opportunistic Organizational Research: The Role of Patch-up Designs.
- 1 March 1975
- journal article
- Published by Academy of Management in The Academy of Management Journal
- Vol. 18 (1) , 98-108
- https://doi.org/10.2307/255628
Abstract
In research involving the evaluation of organizational changes, it is rarely possible to obtain the desired experimental controls. A number of possible “patch-up” designs are discussed. Such designs are not an attempt to retrieve data that have already been collected, but they represent a well thought out process undertaken prior to data collection. Some patch-up experiments are reported, and some suggestions are made as to how data from such studies may be interpreted.Keywords
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