Retrospective Accounts of Research Factors Associated with Significant and Not-So-Significant Research Outcomes

Three models with the potential to explain significant organizational research outcomes are described and evaluated. One model focuses on antecedent conditions, another on research processes, and the third on characteristics of research outcomes. Fifty-six organizational scholars reported about one...

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Published inAcademy of Management journal Vol. 30; no. 4; pp. 763 - 785
Main Authors Daft, Richard L., Griffin, Ricky W., Yates, Valerie
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Ada, Ohio, etc Academy of Management 01.12.1987
Subjects
Cognitive models
Logical antecedents
Modeling
Questionnaires
Reality
Research design
Research facilities
Research grants
Research methods
Scholarly publishing
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Summary:Three models with the potential to explain significant organizational research outcomes are described and evaluated. One model focuses on antecedent conditions, another on research processes, and the third on characteristics of research outcomes. Fifty-six organizational scholars reported about one of their significant and one of their not-so-significant research projects. Significance was operationally defined by ten attributes, including citations, awards, and positive responses from other researchers. The retrospective data identified several reported factors that occurred prior to and during research projects that were related to research outcomes. The model dealing with the research process itself differentiated significant from not-so-significant research better than either of the other models.
ISSN:0001-4273
1948-0989
DOI:10.5465/256159