Describe the differences between deductive and inductive approaches to research.

Using Woywode (2002) and Cregan (2005), discuss how both methods contribute to our understanding of HRM and employment relations.


Reading #1: Michael Woywode (2002), ‘Global Management Concept and Local Adaptions: Working Groups in the French and German Manufacturing Industry’, Organization Studies, volume 23, number 4, pp. 497-524.


Reading #2: Christina Cregan (2005), ‘Can Organizing Work?’, Industrial and Labor Relations Review, volume 58, number 2, pp. 282-304.