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Experimental designs in management and leadership research: Strengths, limitations, and recommendations for improving publishability

Podsakoff, Philip M., Podsakoff, Nathan P.·2019·The Leadership Quarterly
DOI 10.1016/j.leaqua.2018.11.002
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Abstract Despite the renewed interest in the use of experimental designs in the fields of leadership and management over the past few decades, these designs are still relatively underutilized. Although there are several potential reasons for this, chief among them is misunderstanding the value of these designs. The purpose of this article is to review the role of laboratory, field, and quasi-experimental designs in management and leadership research. We first discuss the primary goals of experimental studies. Next, we examine the characteristics of experimental designs and how to distinguish laboratory, field, and quasi-experiments from one another and from non-experimental studies. Following these discussions, we provide examples of each type of experimental design and discuss their relative strengths and limitations. Finally, we discuss steps that researchers can take to increase the probability of having articles reporting experiments accepted by leadership and management journals.

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Authors
Podsakoff, P. M., & Podsakoff, N. P.
Venue
The Leadership Quarterly
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2019-02
Volume
30
Issue
1
Pages
11-33
ISSN
1048-9843 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.leaqua.2018.11.002
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312
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14.19
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journal article
Language
en
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Podsakoff, P. M., & Podsakoff, N. P. (2019). Experimental designs in management and leadership research: Strengths, limitations, and recommendations for improving publishability. The Leadership Quarterly. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2018.11.002

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