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PhD Sociology University of Leicester
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According to Wikipedia, Alan Bryman was Professor of Organisational and Social research at the University of Leicester, prior to this Bryman spent 31 years at Loughborough University. Academic career He is best known for three main areas of work. Bryman has long been associated with research methods and in particular the use of mixed methods; this led to him publishing the book Social Research Methods and Quantitative Data Analysis with SPSS 12 and 13: A Guide for Social Scientists with Duncan Cramer. His Quantity and Quality In Social Research is yet another significant contribution in the field of research methods.

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Social Research Methods (2001) (12938)
Business Research Methods (2004) (3583)
Integrating quantitative and qualitative research: how is it done? (2006) (3176)
Quantity and quality in social research (1988) (3169)
Social Research Methods, 4th Edition (2012) (1518)
Barriers to Integrating Quantitative and Qualitative Research (2007) (1235)
Quantitative Data Analysis with SPSS for Windows: A Guide for Social Scientists (1997) (991)
Research Methods and Organization Studies (1989) (985)
Charisma And Leadership In Organizations (1993) (912)
Quantitative data analysis for social scientists (1990) (896)
The Sage Encyclopedia of Social Science Research Methods (three volumes) (2003) (888)
The SAGE handbook of organizational research methods (2009) (792)
The debate about quantitative and qualitative research: A question of method or epistemology? (1984) (734)
Analyzing Qualitative Data (1994) (635)
The Disneyization of Society (1999) (607)
Qualitative research on leadership: A critical but appreciative review (2004) (588)
Effective leadership in higher education: a literature review (2007) (588)
Social Research Methods -3/E. (2010) (551)
Handbook of data analysis (2004) (503)
The Ethics of Management Research: An Exploratory Content Analysis (2007) (468)
Quantitative Data Analysis with IBM SPSS 17, 18 & 19: A Guide for Social Scientists (2011) (377)
Women, men and food: the significance of gender for nutritional attitudes and choices (2002) (357)
Quality Criteria for Quantitative, Qualitative and Mixed Methods Research: A View from Social Policy (2008) (352)
The importance of context: Qualitative research and the study of leadership (1996) (339)
Quantitative data analysis with SPSS for Windows (1997) (330)
Leadership in organizations (2006) (325)
Encyclopedia of Social Science Research Methods (2004) (307)
SAGE handbook of leadership (2011) (306)
Paradigm Peace and the Implications for Quality (2006) (302)
The debate about quantitative and qualitative research (2012) (262)
Contextualizing Methods Choice in Organizational Research (2007) (255)
Quantitative Data Analysis with SPSS Release 8 for Windows: For Social Scientists (1999) (230)
Leadership and Organizations (1986) (223)
Employee perceptions of empowerment (2005) (219)
Of methods and methodology (2008) (217)
Reflections on qualitative data analysis (2002) (194)
The Research Question in Social Research: What is its Role? (2007) (194)
6 Why do Researchers Integrate/Combine/Mesh/Blend/Mix/Merge/Fuse Quantitative and Qualitative Research? (2008) (172)
Qualitative Research and the Study of Leadership (1988) (172)
Qualitative Research 2 (2007) (167)
Doing Research in Organizations (1988) (159)
Quantitative and qualitative research: further reflections on their integration (2017) (153)
Understanding research for social policy and practice : themes, methods and approaches (2004) (147)
The End of the Paradigm Wars (2008) (140)
Developments in qualitative data analysis: an introduction (2002) (131)
The wild animal in late modernity (2001) (130)
Understanding empowerment from an employee perspective: what does it mean and do they want it? (2008) (123)
Disney and His Worlds (1995) (120)
Understanding research for social policy and social work: themes, methods and approaches, 2nd edition (2012) (119)
Charismatic leadership in business organizations: Some neglected issues (1993) (116)
Empowerment within the UK construction sector (2002) (112)
Late Modernity and the Dynamics of Quasification: The Case of the Themed Restaurant (1999) (100)
Integrating quantitative and qualitative research (2004) (97)
The SAGE Encyclopedia of Social Science Research Methods, Volume II (2003) (95)
The researcher interview: a reflexive perspective (2006) (95)
Doing accountability: a discourse analysis of research ethics committee letters. (2009) (92)
Leadership Researchers on Leadership in Higher Education (2009) (91)
Causal Inference in Sociological Studies (2004) (78)
Collision or collusion? A discussion and case study of the unplanned triangulation of quantitative and qualitative research methods (1998) (77)
Leadership and Corporate Culture (1986) (71)
Meat consumption and meat avoidance among young people: An 11‐year longitudinal study (2004) (70)
Written work: the social functions of Research Ethics Committee letters. (2007) (64)
An analysis of decision letters by research ethics committees: the ethics/scientific quality boundary examined (2008) (61)
Quantitative Data Analysis with Minitab: A Guide for Social Scientists (1996) (59)
Meat consumption and vegetarianism among young adults in the UK: An empirical study (1999) (57)
From inception to reception: the natural history of a news item (1999) (56)
Project affinity: the role of emotional attachment in construction projects (2005) (56)
Becoming and being old : sociological approaches to later life (1990) (56)
Mediating Social Science (1998) (54)
Rethinking the Life Cycle (1987) (51)
Leader orientation and organizational transience: An investigation using Fiedler's LPC Scale. (1987) (51)
Mission accomplished?: Research methods in the first five years of Leadership (2011) (50)
Leader Orientation of Construction Site Managers (1986) (50)
Research, policy and practice (2004) (48)
The Flexibility of Recruitment in the Construction Industry: Formalisation or Re-Casualisation? (1985) (47)
The generalizability of implicit leadership theory (1987) (45)
Quantitative Data Analysis for Social Scientists. (Rev. Ed.) Alan Bryman & Duncan Cramer (1994). ISBN 0-415-11307-5. Available from Routledge, 29 West 35th Street, New York, NY 10001 (1997) (45)
MANAGEMENT, TRANSIENCE AND SUBCONTRACTING: THE CASE OF THE CONSTRUCTION SITE (1988) (44)
Charisma and leadership in organizations / Alan Bryman (1992) (44)
ORGANIZATION STUDIES AND THE CONCEPT OF RATIONALITY (1984) (39)
Women and the life cycle : transitions and turning points (1989) (37)
Is 'inconsistency' in research ethics committee decision-making really a problem? An empirical investigation and reflection (2007) (37)
The Organizational Research Context: Properties and Implications (2008) (35)
June 1989 and beyond: Julia Brannen’s contribution to mixed methods research (2014) (34)
Women and the Life Cycle (1987) (34)
Animating the Pioneer versus Late Entrant Debate: An Historic Case Study (1997) (33)
Leadership in Higher Education: Facts, Fictions and Futures — Introduction to the Special Issue (2009) (33)
Information in the Labour Market: The Impact of Recession (1983) (31)
Leadership in Higher Education (2008) (31)
The Nature of Quantitative Research (2003) (31)
Defining 'Quality' in Social Policy Research: Views, Perceptions and a Framework for Discussion (2006) (29)
Sample Selection Bias Models (2004) (27)
Leadership and organizational transformation (1996) (26)
‘Sod off and Find Us a Boffin’: Journalists and the Social Science Conference (1997) (23)
Theme Parks and McDonaldization (1999) (23)
EMPOWERMENT AS A STRATEGY FOR IMPROVING CONSTRUCTION PERFORMANCE (2004) (23)
The Nature of Qualitative Research (2003) (23)
McDonald's as a Disneyized Institution (2003) (22)
Size and the Administrative Component in Churches (1974) (22)
Performance Appraisal in UK Universities: a case of procedural compliance? (1994) (19)
Social Scientists Meet the Media (1994) (19)
Clergy, ministers and priests (1977) (19)
Education Research Methods (2011) (19)
Qualitative data analysis (2007) (18)
Introduction: Common Threads among Techniques of Data Analysis (2004) (17)
The quality of research evidence in social policy: consensus and dissension among researchers (2007) (16)
Leadership and Corporate Culture: Harmony and Disharmony (1984) (16)
Concepts and their measurement (1996) (15)
Combining Quantitative and Qualitative Research (2012) (15)
Organizational responses to the deregulation of the bus industry in Britain (1994) (15)
Labour recruitment strategies and selection practices on construction sites (1986) (14)
Internal labour market processes (1984) (14)
Case study and action research (1989) (12)
Organizational Size and Specialization (1983) (12)
Leadership and Organisational Transformation (1992) (12)
Evidence and other ways of knowing (2012) (12)
Effective Construction Site Management: A Review (1984) (12)
Advocates, Agnostics and Adversaries: Researchers’ Perceptions of Service User Involvement in Social Policy Research (2010) (12)
Industry culture and strategic response: the case of the british bus industry (1996) (10)
Does Occupational Status Matter? The Case of Recruitment (1984) (10)
Leadership and Organizations (RLE: Organizations) (2013) (10)
Qualitative methods in leadership researchIntroduction (1995) (10)
Professionalism and the Clergy: A Research Note (1985) (9)
Leadership and culture in organisations (1989) (9)
The function of performance appraisal in UK universities (1993) (9)
Structure in organizations: a reconsideration (1976) (8)
Management of recruitment in the construction industry (1983) (8)
The debate about quantitative and qualitative (2004) (8)
Engendering trust in the construction supply chain (2005) (8)
The Value of Re-Studies in Sociology: The Case of Clergy and Ministers, 1971 to 1985 (1989) (7)
The introduction of university staff appraisal (1992) (7)
Research in schools and the case for methodological integration (1986) (7)
Introduction: 'Inside' Accounts and Social Research in Organizations (2013) (7)
Changing Patterns of Labour Recruitment (1986) (6)
Higher Education: A New Framework ‐a commentary (1992) (6)
Decision-making processes in community transport organisations: a comparative case study of service providers (1992) (6)
Employers’ strategies in relation to their demand for labour: a sociological contribution (1982) (5)
The Long Interview.@@@Microcomputer Applications in Qualitative Research.@@@Focus Groups as Qualitative Research. (1990) (5)
The nature of quantitative and qualitative research (2004) (5)
Quality issues in qualitative research (2007) (5)
Telling Technological Tales (2000) (4)
Doing Research in Organizations (RLE: Organizations) (2013) (4)
How to do your Social Research Project or Dissertation (2019) (4)
Structured, Focused Comparison: Encyclopedia of Social Science Research Methods (2003) (4)
COMMUNITY-BASED TRANSPORT CO-ORDINATION STRATEGIES : THE UK EXPERIENCE (1988) (4)
Is Qualitative Research Becoming McDonaldized? (2006) (4)
The Disneyization of zoos (2009) (3)
Defining 'quality' in social policy research (2006) (3)
Sociology of Religion and Sociology of Elites. Elite and Sous-Elite in the Church of England / Sociologie religieuse et sociologie des élites. Elite et sous-élite dans l' Eglise d'Angleterre (1974) (3)
Qualitative methods special series (2002) (3)
12. Collecting Qualitative Data (2019) (2)
14. Analysing Qualitative Data (2019) (2)
Barriers to Integrating Quantitative and Qualitative Research (2007) (2)
Comparing Quantitative and Qualitative Research (2003) (2)
ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION AMONG BUS COMPANIES IN AN ERA OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT DECLINE (1993) (2)
Conducting a literature review (2012) (2)
Researching Work and Institutions through Ethnographic Documentary (2009) (2)
Perceptions of empowerment in construction projects (2005) (1)
Evidence and knowledge (2004) (1)
Using an employee perspective of management to improve construction project performance (2004) (1)
Cross-sectional design and longitudinal design (2004) (1)
Elaboration (Lazarsfeld's method of) (2004) (1)
Archival research and secondary analysis of survey data (1989) (1)
Problems of short scales: the case of the Aston studies (1985) (1)
Bivariate analysis: exploring differences between scores on two variables (2012) (1)
Resourcing community transport: The changing role of the public sector (1992) (1)
Research design: an overview (2004) (1)
Sampling and statistical significance (1996) (1)
Entry in Sage encyclopedia in social research methods (2004) (1)
Overview of the main research methods and sources of data in qualitative social policy and social work research (2012) (1)
Leadership and Organizations@@@The Self-Defeating Organization: A Critique of Bureaucracy (1987) (1)
Small Home Computers and Teaching Statistics (1986) (1)
Analysing qualitative data: an overview (2012) (1)
DECISION-MAKING PROCESSES IN COMMUNITY TRANSPORT ORGANIZATIONS. (1995) (1)
Collecting data for qualitative research (2007) (1)
Perceptions of empowerment by the construction senior management (2003) (1)
a Disneyized Institution : Global Implications (2003) (1)
The SAGE Handbook of Organization Studies, Second Edition Leadership in Organizations (2012) (1)
Being prepared: managing particular research methods (2012) (1)
Data analysis and the research process (2012) (1)
Brochures/Reviews/Reports (2006) (0)
Aggregating variables: Exploratory principal-components analysis (1996) (0)
Managing particular research methods (2004) (0)
The co-ordination of community transport resources : a case study of the Tower Hamlets vehicle pooling scheme (1991) (0)
Analysing data with computers: further steps with SPSS 17, 18 and 19 (2012) (0)
Book Reviews : Barbara Czarniawska-Joerges: Exploring Complex Organizations: A Cultural Perspective 1992, Newbury Park, CA: Sage. 250 pages. Peter Frost and Ralph Stablein (eds.): Doing Exemplary Research 1992, Newbury Park, CA: Sage. 321 pages (1993) (0)
L'impact de l'évaluation du personnel dans les Universités (1993) (0)
COMMUNITY-BASED TRANSPORT COORDINATION STRATEGIES: THE UK EXPERIENCE A. BRYMAN, D. GILLINGWATER, AND A. WARRINGTON.. (1995) (0)
9. Writing a Research Proposal (2019) (0)
The effective management of policy research (2004) (0)
8. Ethics (2019) (0)
1The nature of organizational research (2003) (0)
Writing a literature review (2004) (0)
Evidence-based policy and practice (2012) (0)
Modelling the research process (2012) (0)
5. Conducting a Literature Search (2019) (0)
1 ENGENDERING TRUST IN THE CONSTRUCTION SUPPLY CHAIN (2019) (0)
1. Introduction (2019) (0)
4. Developing a Research Idea (2019) (0)
A Sociology of Organizations (1975) (0)
Using the published literature to understand social policy issues (2004) (0)
THE MANAGEMENT OF CHANGE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM BUS INDUSTRY: STRATEGY, LEADERSHIP AND CULTURE (1992) (0)
Pointers: Pay; Housing; NHS; Regional policy; Public expenditure; Industrial support; US deficits (1984) (0)
Formulating research ideas (2004) (0)
Analysing data with computers: Further steps with Minitab (1996) (0)
17. Writing Up (2019) (0)
Book Reviews (1995) (0)
Traits and Abilities (2013) (0)
The organisational context (2021) (0)
16. Evaluating Your Project (2019) (0)
The research dissemination minefield (2013) (0)
Editorial (2006) (0)
Modelling the policy research process (2004) (0)
15. Working with Documents (2019) (0)
COMMUNITY TRANSPORT: POLICY, PLANNING, PRACTICE. CHAPTER 6: COMMUNITY-BASED TRANSPORT COORDINATION STRATEGIES: THE UK EXPERIENCE (1995) (0)
Multivariate analysis: Exploring relationships among three or more variables (1996) (0)
7. Building Your Project (2019) (0)
Latent budget analysis (2004) (0)
Not another survey (2018) (0)
Leadership and the Study of Organizations (2013) (0)
THE CO-ORDINATION OF COMMUNITY TRANSPORT RESOURCES: A CASE STUDY OF THE MINIBUS POOLING SCHEME ADMINISTERED BY TOWER HAMLETS COMMUNITY TRANSPORT (1987) (0)
Multimedia contributions to e-learning projects (2009) (0)
In memory of Alan Bryman (2018) (0)
Book Reviews (1990) (0)
Positions, experience, origins (2021) (0)
DECISION MAKING PROCESSES IN COMMUNITY TRANSPORT ORGANISATION (1990) (0)
Aggregating variables: exploratory factor analysis (2012) (0)
Sociology of sunrise or sociology of sunset?: The case of the Church of England: A Review-Article (1974) (0)
Definitions of role (2021) (0)
11. Collecting Quantitative Data (2019) (0)
The Feature Film as Data (2009) (0)
Dissemination and knowledge transfer as part of the research process (2012) (0)
Codes of ethics (2004) (0)
Analysing data with computers: first steps with SPSS 12 and 13 (2004) (0)
Clergy, Minister and Priests (1980) (0)
Overview of methods for collecting and coding quantitative data (2012) (0)
Engendering trust in the construction supply: rhetoric or reality? (2005) (0)
10. Sampling (2019) (0)
Evaluating sources for a literature review (2004) (0)
2. The Social Research Process (2019) (0)
Structured observation, simulation, language studies and other methods of data collection (1989) (0)
Ten questions to inform dissemination and knowledge transfer (2012) (0)
The conduct and management of research: ethics and rigour (2012) (0)
STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT IN SPECIALIZED TRANSPORTATION (1993) (0)
Multivariate analysis: exploring differences among three or more variables (2002) (0)
COMMUNITY TRANSPORT: POLICY, PLANNING, PRACTICE. CHAPTER 7: DECISION-MAKING PROCESSES IN COMMUNITY TRANSPORT ORGANISATIONS (1995) (0)
Issues in organizational research (1989) (0)
3. Getting Started (2019) (0)
Managing Change in Community Transport Organizations (1992) (0)
6. Reviewing the Literature (2019) (0)
Issues of representation and reflexivity (2007) (0)
Bivariate analysis: exploring relationships between two variables (2012) (0)
Making an impact (2012) (0)
SURVIVAL STRATEGIES IN A DEREGULATED BUS MARKET (1994) (0)
Measurement in organizational research: questionnaires and structured interviews (1989) (0)
Dissemination as part of the research process (2004) (0)
Ten questions to inform dissemination (2004) (0)
13. Analysing Quantitative Data (2019) (0)

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