The SAGE Handbook of Survey Development and Application provides a practical resource that researchers can go to for cutting-edge tools to ensure they are employing the best survey research techniques.
This handbook not only covers the classic and innovational skills and approaches involved at every step of the survey research process, but also centres itself around applied, how-to guidance to aid readers in best practice.
Chapters engage with a broad range of topics including sampling issues, approaches to establishment of measurement equivalence, and the use of online labour pools in survey development.
With contributions from a global community of leading and emerging scholars across a wide variety of disciplines, this Handbook is focused on being applicable and accessible across the social sciences.
Containing over 120 tables and figures, checklists and tutorial guides, The SAGE Handbook of Survey Development and Application will serve as a one stop resource for survey research.
This handbook serves as a touchstone for a variety of fields such as Organizational Behavior, Industrial & Organizational Psychology, Management, Psychology, Educational Research, Marketing, Public Policy, and others.
PART 1: Conceptual Issues and Operational Definition
PART 2: Research Design Considerations
PART 3: Item Development
PART 4: Scale Improvement Methods
PART 5: Data Collection
PART 6: Data Management and Analysis
PART 7: Research Production and Dissemination
PART 8: Applications
Lucy R. Ford is Professor Emerita, Management, at Saint Joseph's University, after retiring as an Associate Professor in 2023. From 2016 to 2021 she served as the Director of the Human Resources and People Management program. She also previously served on the faculty at Rutgers University. Her research interests include leadership, teams, and applied research methods.
Dr. Ford has authored or co-authored over sixty presentations, articles, and book chapters. Her research has been published in
Organizational Research Methods,
Journal of Organizational Behavior, Human Performance,
Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, and
Journal of Business and Psychology, amongst others. Dr. Ford has served on the board of the Research Methods Division of the Academy of Management as both a student representative and as an elected member at large. She has also served as a member of the Board of Governors of the Southern Management Association. In 2012 she and her co-author received the
Sage Publishing / Research Methods Division Best Paper Award for her work on item miscomprehension in surveys, and also in 2012 she and her coauthors received the
Emerald Citation Award for their 2008 scale development paper in the
Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology. She has also served on the editorial board of
Group and Organization Management. She has presented Executive Education programs on Leadership, Leading Change, Teams, Conflict, Systems Thinking, Legal Issues in HR, Performance Management, and other topics to numerous organizations.
Terri A. Scandura is currently the Warren C. Johnson Professor of Management in the Miami Herbert Business School at the University of Miami. From 2007 to 2012, she served as Dean of the Graduate School of the university. Her fields of interest include leadership, mentorship, and applied research methods. She has been a visiting scholar in Japan, Australia, Hong Kong, China, and the United Arab Emirates.
Dr. Scandura has authored or coauthored over 200 presentations, articles, and book chapters. Her research has been published in the
Academy of Management Journal, the
Journal of Applied Psychology, the
Journal of International Business Studies, the
Journal of Vocational Behavior, the
Journal of Organizational Behavior, Educational and Psychological Measurement, Industrial Relations, Research in Organizational Behavior, Research in Personnel and Human Resource Management, and others.She has presented executive education programs on leadership, mentoring, leading change, and high-performance teams to numerous organizations such as VISA International, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, the Young Presidents Organization, Hewlett-Packard, and Baptist Health Systems.Dr. Scandura is a Fellow of the Society for Industrial & Organizational Psychology, the American Psychological Association, and the Southern Management Association. She is a member of the Society of Organizational Behavior and the Academy of Management. She is a past associate editor for
Group & Organization Management, the
Journal of International Business Studies, the
Journal of Management, and
Organizational Research Methods. She currently serves on editorial boards for major journals including
The Leadership Quarterly,
Organizational Research Methods, and
Group & Organization Management.
