Designing a Laboratory-Based Behavioral Experiment

This chapter describes the appropriate methodology and method for the research in this book and provides the justification for such a choice. The first section begins with an overview of established research methods in the studies of trust, cooperation, reward, locus of control, and psychological contract in the disciplines of psychology, organizational behavior, and human resources management. Existing literature is reviewed to determine various commonly used qualitative, quantitative, and mixed research methods. The next section rationalizes the research design to answer the research questions and elaborates the procedure of the research.