1) The document lists required reference materials for a PhD research methods exam, including 2 reference books and 6 journal articles. 2) The reference books cover the philosophy of research design and synthesizing research styles. 3) The 6 journal articles discuss topics like the intellectual structure of business ethics studies, qualitative research, trends in theory building and testing, and the interplay between theory and method.

1. 長榮大學 2013 學年度 Spring 經管所博士班研究方法考試參考書單
考試科目：研究方法
書單 作者 出版商/期刊頁碼 出版年 說明
Management Research: An Introduction. 1st Easterby-Smith, Thorpe London: Sage 1991* 主要
edition, Chapter 3: The Philosophy of Research and Lowe 參考書 b1
Design (*or also see chapter 4: The philosophy
of management research, 3rd edition, 2008, easier to
read)
Foundations of Multimethod Research: Brewer and Hunter London: Sage 199? 次要
Synthesizing Styles. Chapter 1: Introduction 參考書 b2
Most cited business ethics publications: mapping Ma, Liang, Yu and Lee Business Ethics: An European 2012 期刊論文
the intellectual structure of business ethics tudies Review 21(3): 286-297 1
in 2001–2008
Response to Mintzberg Gareth Morgan Administrative Science Quarterly 1979 期刊論文
(ASQ), 24(1): 137-139 2
Qualitative research and the Academy of Gephart Academy of Management Journal 2004 期刊論文
Management Journal. (AMJ), 47: 454-462. 5
A Faustian bargain? The growth of management Agarwal R, Hoetker G A Academy of Management Journal 2007 期刊論文
and its relationship with the related disciplines (AMJ), 50(6): 1304 – 1322 6
Trends in Theory Building and Theory Testing: A Colquitt, J.A. Zapata- Academy of Management Journal 2007 期刊論文
Five-Decade Study of the Academy of Phelan, C.P. (AMJ), 50(6): 1281-1303 3
Management Journal
The Interplay Between Theory and Method Van Maanen, J. Sorensen, Academy of Management Review 2007 期刊論文
J. B. Mitchell, T. R. (AMR), 32(4): 1145-1154 4

2. Remarks: [2 reference books and 6 journal articles by 李元德 老師] 6 篇期刊論文僅供研討管理學研究方法論各主要主題
(studying and reviewing major themes of management research methodology)