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Maximizing Research Contribution: from Birth to Maturity in Organizational Sciences

Explore the life cycle of a research idea, focusing on antecedents and outcomes, moving to mediators, moderators, organizing findings, and redirecting inquiries. Learn to contribute knowledge theoretically and practically, bridging substantive, theoretical, empirical, and contextual gaps. Targeting various journals from all disciplines to maximize the impact of your research.

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Maximizing Research Contribution: from Birth to Maturity in Organizational Sciences

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  1. Research Idea Life Cycle • Birth – focus is on the antecedents and/or outcomes of a new construct. • Growth – focus is on moving beyond main effects – mediating and moderating processes. • Maturity – organizing and synthesizing research findings – meta analysis. • Decline – redirections of scientific inquiry to more fundamental but complex questions.

  2. The Concept of Contribution • To contribute is to ‘join with others in a common cause, give ideas, suggestions.’ Types of contribution • contribute knowledge to a scientific discipline- theoretical contribution. • apply that knowledge to the practice of that profession- practical contribution.

  3. Sources of Contribution • Substantive gap – lack of managerial understanding of ‘how’ to… • Theoretical gap – insufficient explanation or prediction of some phenomenon – the ‘why’. • Empirical gap – lack of studies or inconsistent findings of some phenomenon – the ‘where’ and ‘when’. • Contextual gap – generalizability.

  4. Which Journal? • All disciplines • Academy of Management Journal; Academy of Management Review; Administrative Science Quarterly … • Human Resources • Personnel Psychology; Human Resource Management … • Organizational Behavior • Journal of Applied Psychology; Journal of Organizational Behavior; Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes … • Strategic Management • Strategic Management Journal • International Business • Journal of International Business Studies; Journal of World Business … • General Management • Journal of Management; Journal of Management Studies … • follow the journal’s style guide • clear and succinct writing style

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