Databases for Management topics

Emerald - http://www.emeraldinsight.com/

Ingenta - http://www.ingentaconnect.com/

Zetoc - http://zetoc.mimas.ac.uk/

How to conduct self-administered mail surveys

Bourque, L. B. & Fielder, E. P.
1995
How to conduct self-administered mail surveys
Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications
0-8039-7388-8



Well worth reading if you have a questionnaire-based data collection tool, check lists are recommended

Research methods for managers

GILL, J, JOHNSON, P & CLARK, M.
2010.
Research methods for managers
4th ed.
Los Angeles, [Calif.]; London: SAGE
978-1-84787-094-0



suggested reading
Chapter 8: Philosophical disputes and management research p187-213
Chapter 9: Evaluating management research p214-239
Glossary also very useful (p240-242)

Essential Quantitative Methods: For Business, Management and Finance

OAKSHOTT, Les
2009
Essential Quantitative Methods: For Business, Management and Finance
Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan
978-0230218185

Two chapters to look at
Chapter 4: page 58-76 Collecting data: surveys and samples
Chapter 5: page 77-115 Finding patterns in data: charts and tables

Several others chapters of relevance in this book (see chapters 6-11)