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Group Research: Why are we Throwing Away the Best of our Observations?

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Title: Group Research: Why are we Throwing Away the Best of our Observations?
Authors: Willems, Jurgen, Meyfroodt, Kenn
Source: Group and Organization Management.
Publisher Information: SAGE Publications Inc., 2024.
Publication Year: 2024
Subject Terms: 502026 Human resource management, 502026 Personalmanagement, 0502 economics and business, 05 social sciences, 501008 Group dynamics, 501008 Gruppendynamik, 502031 Public management, 502031 Public Management
Description: We start from the observation that agreement metrics are mainly used in group and organization research for methodological reasons only. Therefore, we think there are many missed opportunities to study within-group agreement and consensus as core theoretical concepts in group and organization management. We muse in this article about opportunities to rely on agreement metrics for centerpiece research questions, beyond mere methodological argumentations about data selection and technical model specifications. We structure our considerations in three guiding questions for scholars who are interested in multi-level group and organization research. To initiate a good and constructive scientific debate on this – and thus deliver what is expected from a GOMusing article – we hope for a fair amount of disagreement, but not too much, in the group and organization research community.
Document Type: Article
Language: English
ISSN: 1059-6011
DOI: 10.1177/10596011241246303
Access URL: https://research.wu.ac.at/de/publications/59b4149d-250b-4b6f-9f0b-64c22accf4b6
Rights: CC BY NC
Accession Number: edsair.od.....10560..0c170bb6675ff63b17aa2d0fa131e103
Database: OpenAIRE
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Abstract:We start from the observation that agreement metrics are mainly used in group and organization research for methodological reasons only. Therefore, we think there are many missed opportunities to study within-group agreement and consensus as core theoretical concepts in group and organization management. We muse in this article about opportunities to rely on agreement metrics for centerpiece research questions, beyond mere methodological argumentations about data selection and technical model specifications. We structure our considerations in three guiding questions for scholars who are interested in multi-level group and organization research. To initiate a good and constructive scientific debate on this – and thus deliver what is expected from a GOMusing article – we hope for a fair amount of disagreement, but not too much, in the group and organization research community.
ISSN:10596011
DOI:10.1177/10596011241246303