We discuss seven methodological improvements that would stimulate important
advancements in management research. We refer to these improvements as 'wishes' that we …

Most statistical/methodological topics seem to have certain components that are poorly
understood by many researchers. The purpose of this paper was to discuss some of the …

The mission statement of Academy of Management Journal (AMJ) indicates that all empirical
methods are welcome, including, but not limited to, qualitative, quantitative, field, laboratory …

In management research, theory testing confronts a paradox described by Meehl in which
designing studies with greater methodological rigor puts theories at less risk of falsification …

abstract The paper identifies some common problems encountered in quantitative
methodology and provides information on current best practice to resolve these problems …

This chapter advocates the good scientific practice of systematic research syntheses in
Management and Organizational Science (MOS). A research synthesis is the systematic …

Outliers are promising candidates for theory building because they defy expected cause-and-
effect relationships. Nonetheless, researchers often treat them as a nuisance and exclude …

Drawing on a content analysis of all the articles submitted to the 1993 Special Research
Forum on Methodology and their reviews, we identify and discuss three requirements for …

There is growing concern within the Academy of Management that a big and growing gap
exists between management research and practice. The persistence of this gap is a mystery …

Management research increasingly recognizes omitted variables as a primary source of
endogeneity that can induce bias in empirical estimation. Methodological scholarship on the …