What's the Evidence on Evidence-Based Management?
通过系统文献综述，评估循证管理（EBMgt）相关文献的数量、证据质量及其对组织绩效的影响，发现多数文章基于观点和轶事，呼吁加强研究。
In this article, we respond to recent calls for increased use of evidence-based management (EBMgt) by conducting a systematic review of the literature to answer the following questions: (1) Is there a substantial literature concerning the concept of evidence-based management? (2) What is the quality of evidence (where it exists) regarding evidence-based management? and (3) Is there evidence that employing evidence-based management will improve organizational performance? We applied an assessment rubric based on ranking systems developed in evidence-based medicine to evaluate the strength of evidence. We found that a large number of articles are published on the topic, but most provide encouragement to adopt EBMgt based on opinion and anecdotal information. We call for increased research to generate stronger evidence related to the impact of EBMgt on organizational performance. The authors thank Dean Darwent for timely and thorough research assistance and Kathy West (Business Librarian, University of Alberta) for helpful advice. Evidence-based management (EBMgt) is the systematic use of the best available evidence to improve management practice (Pfeffer & Sutton,