Viva la Revolution! Insights in and Applications of Next Generation Meta-Analyses

Abstract

Meta-analysis (MA) is an increasingly popular and highly influential tool for cumulating scientific evidence in the organizational sciences. While MA has continued to evolve across disciplines, leading to ‘next generation’ MA approaches that enable new research questions to be answered in novel ways, Management has been slow to take advantage of these developments, instead relying on ‘first generation’ MAs that are based on overly narrow assumptions of how MA can be applied, and that limit its potential for advancing Management theory and practice. Our aim with this symposium is therefore to unlock the full contribution potential of MA by showcasing underutilized, ‘next generation’ MA approaches. The first paper lays the foundation by providing a systematic review of MA applications within Management, and advancing a versatility perspective to MA that includes ‘next generation’ MAs. The second, third, and fourth papers each zoom in on one of the ‘next generation’ MAs – i.e., crowdsourced, prospective, and individual participant data MA respectively – and illustrate what these MAs look like ‘in action’ by providing applications to Organizational Behavior-related topics (e.g., leadership, commitment). The versatility of meta-analysis for advancing organizational research and practice: A review Presenter: Bart De Jong; Australian Catholic U. Presenter: George Banks; UNC Charlotte Presenter: Haley Woznyj; Longwood U. Crowdsourced meta-analysis in management and psychological sciences Presenter: Josh Howard; Monash U., Australia Prospective vs. retrospective meta-analyses: Reimagining how we cumulate science Presenter: George Banks; UNC Charlotte An individual participant data meta-analysis of the nomological network of commitment profiles Presenter: Adam H. Kabins; Assess-Systems