{"id":365,"date":"2023-03-23T15:32:13","date_gmt":"2023-03-23T15:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-library-guide\/?page_id=365"},"modified":"2025-07-10T15:22:17","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T14:22:17","slug":"research-reading-list","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-library-guide\/dissertation\/research-reading-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Business research methods reading list"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Books<\/h2>\n<p>You can access handbooks which provide step by step guidance on writing and researching research projects, compiling literature reviews, and dissertation study skills for business studies via the <a href=\"https:\/\/rl.talis.com\/3\/kent\/lists\/1465C19C-E5F5-4CCB-8FB4-DB58AD20ADA9.html?lang=en&amp;login=1\">KBS dissertation and research reading list<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/librarysearch.kent.ac.uk\/client\/en_GB\/kent\/search\/detailnonmodal\/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:1583578\/ada\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-383\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-library-guide\/files\/2023\/04\/research-methods.jpg\" alt=\"Cover image for Research Methods for business students, featuring a photograph of train track scaffolding with the title of the book above.\" width=\"291\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/librarysearch.kent.ac.uk\/client\/en_GB\/kent\/search\/detailnonmodal\/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:1723648\/ada\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-428\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-library-guide\/files\/2023\/06\/Business-research-methods-blumberd.jpg\" alt=\"Front cover of the textbook Busines research methods by Boris Blumberg, featuring a mirror image photograph of lit candles against a dark background.\" width=\"297\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/librarysearch.kent.ac.uk\/client\/en_GB\/kent\/search\/detailnonmodal\/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:1519674\/ada\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-429\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-library-guide\/files\/2023\/06\/Doing-research-in-business-and-management-Saunders.jpg\" alt=\"Front cover of the handbook Doing research in business and management: an essential guide to managing your project. Cover features a photograph of a green hilly landscape\" width=\"283\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-430\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-library-guide\/files\/2023\/06\/Case-study-research-for-business.jpg\" alt=\"Front cover of the handbook Case study research for business in colourful text against a white and green background.\" width=\"281\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/librarysearch.kent.ac.uk\/client\/en_GB\/kent\/search\/detailnonmodal\/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:620965\/ada\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-431\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-library-guide\/files\/2023\/06\/researching-and-writing-a-dissertation.jpg\" alt=\"Front cover of the handbook Researching and writing a dissertation guidebook for business students. Black text against a blue background with colourful dots.\" width=\"379\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Books You can access handbooks which provide step by step guidance on writing and researching research projects, compiling literature reviews, and dissertation study skills &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-library-guide\/dissertation\/research-reading-list\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":78432,"featured_media":0,"parent":363,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-library-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/365"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-library-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-library-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-library-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/78432"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-library-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=365"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-library-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/365\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":641,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-library-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/365\/revisions\/641"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-library-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-library-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}