Methodological Wishes for the Next Decade and How to Make Wishes Come True
讨论了七项方法论改进，旨在推动管理研究进步，并为研究者、期刊编辑和审稿人提供了具体可行的建议，涵盖理论进展、构念效度、因果推断、多层次设计、内外部效度权衡、异常值处理及研究局限描述。
Abstract We discuss seven methodological improvements that would stimulate important advancements in management research. We refer to these improvements as ‘wishes’ that we hope will materialize within the next decade. To promote the implementation of these improvements, we offer concrete and actionable recommendations that researchers can apply when designing and conducting empirical research and that journal editors and reviewers can consider when evaluating manuscripts for publication. These improvements address: (1) accelerating theoretical progress; (2) improving the construct validity of measures; (3) strengthening causal inferences; (4) incorporating multilevel design, measurement, and analysis; (5) balancing trade‐offs between internal and external validity, (6) understanding the nature and impact of outliers; and (7) offering a realistic and useful description of a study's limitations.