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Research Methodology In Management: Current Practices, Trends, And Implications For Future Research
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In this article, a comparison of the strategies employed in management research in two periods, 1995-97 and 1985-87, was conducted through a content analysis of articles from the Academy of Management Journal.Abstract:
This study is a comparison of the strategies employed in management research in two periods, 1995–97 and 1985–87. Through a content analysis of articles from the Academy of Management Journal, Admi...read more
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Validation guidelines for is positivist research
TL;DR: Heuristics for reinvigorating the quest for validation in IS research via content/construct validity, reliability, manipulation validity, and statistical conclusion validity are suggested and new guidelines for validation and new research directions are offered.
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Formative Versus Reflective Indicators in Organizational Measure Development: A Comparison and Empirical Illustration
TL;DR: In this paper, a comparison between scale development and index construction procedures is made to trace the implications of adopting a reflective versus formative perspective when creating multi-item measures for organizational research.
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Construct Measurement and Validation Procedures in MIS and Behavioral Research: Integrating New and Existing Techniques
TL;DR: New and existing techniques are integrated into a comprehensive set of recommendations that can be used to give researchers in MIS and the behavioral sciences a framework for developing valid measures.
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What passes as a rigorous case study
TL;DR: Investigating the methodological sophistication of case studies as a tool for generating and testing theory by analyzing case studies published during the period 1995-2000 in 10 influential management journals finds that case studies emphasized external validity at the expense of the more fundamental quality measures, internal and construct validity.
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Construct measurement and validation procedures in MIS and behavioral research: integrating new and existing techniques
TL;DR: In this article, a comprehensive set of recommendations that can be used to give researchers in MIS and the behavioral sciences a framework for developing valid measures is presented. But the scale development and validation of constructs is still a challenging activity.
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Convergent and discriminant validation by the multitrait-multimethod matrix.
TL;DR: This transmutability of the validation matrix argues for the comparisons within the heteromethod block as the most generally relevant validation data, and illustrates the potential interchangeability of trait and method components.
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Upper Echelons: The Organization as a Reflection of Its Top Managers
TL;DR: In this article, the authors synthesize these previously fragmented literatures around a more general "upper echelons perspective" and claim that organizational outcomes (strategic choices and performance levels) are partially predicted by managerial background characteristics.