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Methods to Improve Our Field

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Research Methodology in Strategy and Management

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Research Methodology in Strategy and Management Volume 14

Methods to Improve Our Field

Edited by

Aaron D. Hill

University of Florida, USA

Aaron F. McKenny

Indiana University, USA

Paula O'Kane

University of Otago, New Zealand

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Sotirios Paroutis

University of Warwick, UK

United Kingdom – North America – Japan – India – Malaysia – China

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About the Editors

Aaron D. Hill is an Associate Professor in the Warrington College of Business at the University of Florida (USA). His methodological research has focused on unobtrusive measurement of psychological constructs in hard-to-access subject pools such as executives as well as in ways to bridge macro and micro approaches such as in addressing endogeneity. He has previously published in Research Methodology in Strategy and Management, as well as in leading journals in our field such as the Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Management, and Strategic Management Journal, among others.

Aaron F. McKenny is an Assistant Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship at the Kelley School of Business, Indiana University, and was the recipient of the 2020 Sage Publications/RMD Lawrence R. James Early Career Award from the Academy of Management Research Methods Division. His methods research emphasizes the dissemination and advancement of content analysis in organizational research and has been published in journals such as Organizational Research Methods, Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Management, Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior, Research Methods in Strategy and Management, and Family Business Review. He is a coeditor of the Research Methodology in Strategy and Management Series and sits on the review boards of Academy of Management Review, Organizational Research Methods, Journal of Management, Journal of Business Venturing, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, and Family Business Review.

Paula O'Kane is a Senior Lecturer in Human Resource Management at the University of Otago, Dunedin (New Zealand). She has expertise in interpretative qualitative research across a range of areas including performance management, social media, and the future of work. She has extensive expertise in Computer Aided Qualitative Data Analysis and has published in Research Methodology in Strategy and Management, as well as Organizational Research Methods, Human Resource Management Journal, and Studies in Higher Education, among others.

Sotirios Paroutis is a Professor of Strategic Management at the Warwick Business School (United Kingdom). He primarily uses qualitative methods to study the practices and processes organizational actors employ when dealing with strategic tensions. His work has been published in Research Methodology in Strategy and Management, Strategic Management Journal, Organization Studies, and Long Range Planning, among others.

About the Contributors

Eric Bachura is an Assistant Professor at the University of Texas at San Antonio. At UTSA he serves as the Director for the Business Analytics Research Hub and teaches programming, data analytics, and machine learning courses. Eric's research interests include psychology, machine learning, information theory, and cybersecurity. His publications can be found in the Journal of Applied Psychology, IEEE, and MISQ.

Jose R. Beltran is a PhD candidate in Organizational Behavior at Iowa State University. His research focuses on strategic leadership, bibliometric research methods, and performance.

Paul D. Bliese is the Jeff B. Bates Chaired Professor in the Department of Management at the Darla Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina. He received a PhD from Texas Tech University and a BA from Texas Lutheran University. After graduate school, he worked for 22 years at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research and retired as a Colonel. Throughout his career, Dr Bliese has led efforts to use statistical methods to answer complex organizational problems and advance theory and practice. He developed and maintains the multilevel package for R and has been influential in supporting the R community. He was as Associate Editor for the Journal of Applied Psychology from 2010 to 2017, and served as the Editor in Chief for Organizational Research Methods from 2017 to 2021.

Fiona Edgar (PhD) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Management, at the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, where she teaches Strategic Human Resource Management. Her current research interests include HRM and, in particular, its impacts on employees in the workplace, as well as the relationship between HRM and organizational performance.

André M. Everett retired as Professor of International Management at the University of Otago, New Zealand. He holds a PhD in Artificial Intelligence (University of Nebraska-Lincoln) with over three decades of experience in international, strategic, and operations management. His research focused on knowledge management, internationalization of management philosophies, and cultural influences in international business (with particular interest in expatriates and migrants). He has been an Adjunct Professor at Huazhong University of Science and Technology in Wuhan, China, and Visiting Professor at the University of Innsbruck, ESCEM Poitiers, The Technion, and Pontificia Universidad Católica in Santiago de Chile.

Joseph S. Harrison is an Assistant Professor of Strategy in the Neeley School of Business at Texas Christian University. He received his PhD in Strategic Management from Texas A&M University. His research is focused on behavioral aspects of strategic leaders and using content analytic techniques such as machine learning and natural language processing to understand organizational phenomena. His work has been published in the Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, and Strategic Management Journal, among others. His greatest passions include God, family, teaching, and college football.

Steven J. Hyde is an Assistant Professor at Boise State University. He received his PhD at the University of Texas San Antonio in Management. His research focuses on machine learning, financial analysts, CEO deception, and motivation. His work can be found in the Journal of Applied Psychology and the Journal of Economic Organization and Behaviour. He enjoys spending time with his family, working on his family ranch, and rock climbing.

Laura T. Madden (PhD, University of Tennessee – Knoxville) is an Associate Professor of Management at East Carolina University. Her research interests include organizational compassion, positive organizational scholarship, and firm survival. Her research has been published in the Academy of Management Review, Organizational Research Methods, Personnel Review, and Journal of Vocational Behavior.

Timothy M. Madden (PhD, University of Tennessee – Knoxville) is an Associate Professor of Management at East Carolina University. His research interests include qualitative research methods, management education, and strategic management. His research has been published in the Academy of Management Review, Organizational Research Methods, Journal of Management Education, and Journal of Business Ethics.

Aaron F. McKenny is an Assistant Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship at the Kelley School of Business, Indiana University and was the recipient of the 2020 Sage Publications/RMD Lawrence R. James Early Career Award from the Academy of Management Research Methods Division. His methods research emphasizes the dissemination and advancement of content analysis in organizational research and has been published in journals such as Organizational Research Methods, Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Management, Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior, Research Methods in Strategy and Management, and Family Business Review. He is a coeditor of the Research Methodology in Strategy and Management series and sits on the review boards of Academy of Management Review, Organizational Research Methods, Journal of Management, Journal of Business Venturing, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, and Family Business Review.

Katrina Pritchard is a qualitative researcher who embraces methodological diversity and innovation. She has published widely on topics ranging from digital ethics, ethnography, and visual studies to multi-method research, drawing on her research in organization studies across the topics of identity, diversity, and technology use at work. With Rebecca Whiting, she recently authored ‘Collecting Qualitative Data using Digital Methods’ (2020, Sage Publications) and, with Gillian Symon and Christine Hine, edited ‘Research Methods for Digital Work and Organization: Investigating distributed, multi-modal and mobile work’ (2021, Oxford University Press). Katrina is a Professor in the School of Management, Swansea University, and a member of the editorial boards of both Work, Employment & Society and Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology.

Shane W. Reid is an Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship in the E.J. Ourso College of Business at Louisiana State University. His research spans a diverse array of entrepreneurial contexts and processes including resource acquisition and crowdfunding, social venture capital, entrepreneurial leadership, family business, and mental health and well-being. Shane often leverages current state best practices in computer-aided content analysis and champions the continued development and advancement of the method in organizational research and beyond. His work has been published in leading journals such as Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior, Leadership Quarterly, Journal of Business Venturing Insights, and Family Business Review, among others.

Donald J. “DJ” Schepker is an Associate Professor of Strategic Management in the Darla Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina, USA. He received a PhD from the University of Kansas in Strategic Management. He is the Research Director in the Center for Executive Succession and is a Moore Research Fellow. Dr Schepker's research focuses on the causes and consequences of executive succession, corporate governance, board level decision-making, and dynamics between executives and boards of directors. His research has appeared in outlets such as the Academy of Management Journal, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Management, Journal of Applied Psychology, and Leadership Quarterly, and he is currently on the editorial board of the Journal of Management, Academy of Management Review, and Leadership Quarterly.

Andreas Schwab is an Associate Professor at Iowa State University. He studies learning in dynamic entrepreneurial ecosystems such as digital platforms and by temporary organizations and women entrepreneurs. His research has been published in Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Business Venturing, Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, Organization Science, and other outlets. He has served at the executive boards of the AOM Research Methods Division and the SMS Research Methods Community. He served as editor for research methodology at Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice and currently serves on the editorial boards of Organizational Research Methods, Organization Science, Group and Organization Management, and Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice. His work has been funded by the National Science Foundation, US Fulbright Commission, US Office of Naval Research, Australian Research Council, and CIBER.

Jeremy C. Short is the G. Brint Ryan Chair in Entrepreneurship at the University of North Texas. Short's research bridges entrepreneurship, strategic management, organizational behavior, and family business domains. His current research focuses on crowdfunding, social entrepreneurship, role theories, and family business. He has published more than 90 articles in such journals as Strategic Management Journal, Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, Organization Science, Personnel Psychology, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Journal of Management, Journal of Business Venturing, Academy of Management Journal, and Family Business Review, among others. Jeremy's work has been highlighted in outlets such as Forbes, the WSJ, USA Today, Scientific American Mind, and Franchise Times. A recent study highlighting the citation count of scholarly publications placed Jeremy's scholarly impact among the top 2% of all management scholars in the world.

Yanjinlkham Shuumarjav is a PhD candidate in Organizational Behavior at Iowa State University. Her research focuses on nonverbal behavior, team dynamics, and performance.

Anne Smith (BS, UVA; MBA and PhD, UNC Chapel Hill) is Professor and Head of the Management & Entrepreneurship Department, Haslam College of Business, University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Anne served as Associate Editor at Organizational Research Methods (ORM) for five years and is currently an editorial board member. She coedited the series Research Methodology in Strategy and Management (Volumes 11–13). Her research has been published in Organization Science, ORM, Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management, Journal of Operations Management, Journal of Management Inquiry, and other outlets. Anne is a fellow in the Consortium for the Advancement in Research Methods (CARMA).

Yulia Taylor (PhD) works as an Adviser for Workforce Forecasting and Planning, at the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. Yulia was born and raised in Russia where she studied Business before coming to New Zealand to complete her PhD at the University of Otago. Yulia has published in the area of cross-cultural management and her research interests include international HRM, with a specific focus on processes related to expatriation and the experiences of immigrant populations.

Jake B. Telkamp is a PhD candidate in Organizational Behavior at Iowa State University. His research focuses on moral issues at work, proactive behavior, and the ethics of artificial intelligence.