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This book is indexed in
Business, Management and Economics
Theoretical and Methodological Approaches to Social Sciences and Knowledge Management
Edited by Asunción López-Varela, ISBN 978-953-51-0687-6, 420 pages, Publisher: InTech, Chapters published August 16, 2012 under CC BY 3.0 license
DOI: 10.5772/2273
This is a unique and groundbreaking collection of questions and answers coming from higher education institutions on diverse fields and across a wide spectrum of countries and cultures. It creates routes for further innovation, collaboration amidst the Sciences (both Natural and Social), the Humanities, and the private and public sectors of society. The chapters speak across sociocultural concerns, education, welfare and artistic sectors under the common desire for direct responses in more effective ways by means of interaction across societal structures.
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Chapter 1
Social Research Methods in Higher Education: A Critical Analysis of Methodological Issues and Emerging Trends at the Zimbabwe Open University
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Chapter 2
Methodology Transfers Between Social Sciences and Humanities in Relation to Natural Sciences, Technology and Government Policy
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Chapter 3
Causality in Social Studies Education
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Chapter 4
The Assumption of Non-Gaussianity in Natural and Social Sciences and Its Influence on Detection of Causal Relationships
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Chapter 5
Qualitative Research: The Toolkit of Theories in the Social Sciences
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Chapter 6
A Simulation Approach to Validate Models Derived from Observational Studies
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Chapter 7
Cartographic Generalization Applied to Social Networks Maps in the City of Curitiba in Brazil
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Chapter 8
Open-Source Tools for Data Mining in Social Science
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Chapter 9
Applying Social Sciences Research for Public Benefit Using Knowledge Mobilization and Social Media
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Chapter 10
Re-Visiting Ethnographic and Orthodox Research Methodologies: Field Research Experiences from an African Perspective
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Chapter 11
Social Physics: An Interdisciplinary Way to Explore the Mechanism of Public Opinion
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Chapter 12
The Methodology of Formulating Iranian National Policy of Entrepreneurship: A Conceptual Framework
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Chapter 13
Theoretical Approaches to Employment and Industrial Relations: A Comparison of Subsisting Orthodoxies
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Chapter 14
Human Capital Resourcing Practices and Organisational Performance: A Study of Selected Organisations in Lagos State, Nigeria
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Chapter 15
Enhancing Productivity Through Lean Behavior
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Chapter 16
Organizational Sustainability: The Case of Handcrafts Micro-Business in Southern San Sebastian, Jalisco, México
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Chapter 17
Strengthening Institutional Capacity for Science, Technology and Innovation in Uganda
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Chapter 18
A Didactic and Methodological Lesson of the Study of Economics and the Skill Development of Students
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Chapter 19
New Public Management and Reforms in Iran: Analysis of Government Downsizing
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Chapter 20
Media of Exchange and Liquid Assets of Political and Market Enterprises: A New Monetary Perspective on Medieval French Monetary Mutations


