Publication Bias in the Organizational Sciences

Kepes, Sven; Banks, George C.; McDaniel, Michael A.; Whetzel, Deborah L.

doi:10.1177/1094428112452760

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“…As summarized in Table 7, the estimated Ω for the overall effect can be considered robust. Some authors (e.g., Kepes, Banks, McDaniel, & Whetzel, 2012) evaluated the FailSafe N approach for the analysis of publication bias rather critically. Therefore, we also examined the contour-enhanced funnel plot (Peters, Sutton, Jones, Abrams, & Rushton, 2008), including the odds ratios and their standard errors.…”

Section: Publication Biasmentioning

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Disclosure of sensitive behaviors across self-administered survey modes: a meta-analysis

2014

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In surveys, individuals tend to misreport behaviors that are in contrast to prevalent social norms or regulations. Several design features of the survey procedure have been suggested to counteract this problem; particularly, computerized surveys are supposed to elicit more truthful responding. This assumption was tested in a meta-analysis of survey experiments reporting 460 effect sizes (total N =125,672). Self-reported prevalence rates of several sensitive behaviors for which motivated misreporting has been frequently observed were compared across self-administered paper-andpencil versus computerized surveys. The results revealed that computerized surveys led to significantly more reporting of socially undesirable behaviors than comparable surveys administered on paper. This effect was strongest for highly sensitive behaviors and surveys administered individually to respondents. Moderator analyses did not identify interviewer effects or benefits of audio-enhanced computer surveys. The meta-analysis highlighted the advantages of computerized survey modes for the assessment of sensitive topics.

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Section: Publication Biasmentioning

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Disclosure of sensitive behaviors across self-administered survey modes: a meta-analysis

2014

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“…However, accurate meta-analyses require complete records of all studies. Consequently, a bias against publishing nonsignificant or small effects creates severe problems for meta-analyses Openness in Research Reporting (Kepes et al, 2012;Biemann, 2013). Researchers have to search for unpublished studies and they are unlikely to find all conducted studies.…”

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“…Such audits strongly suggest that researchers or editors do not publish studies that report null-findings (Kepes et al, 2012). After a surveying 52 authors of articles in a prominent journal, Siler and Strang (2016) (Bedeian, 2003).…”

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A Call for Openness in Research Reporting: How to Turn Covert Practices Into Helpful Tools

Schwab

Starbuck

2017

AMLE

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Research articles often give inaccurate information about how researchers developed hypotheses, analyzed data, and drew conclusions. Published articles sometimes report only some of the hypotheses that researchers tested, or some of the statistical analyses that researchers made. Articles often imply that researchers formulated all hypotheses before they examined their data when in fact they added or deleted hypotheses after they made some data analyses.Indeed, such covert practices are so common that new entrants into management research may think they are correct behavior. Yet, these practices create false impressions about the validity of research and they undermine the openness that ought to create trust among researchers.Researchers have tried to halt these practices by labeling them "unethical" but their continued prevalence questions the effectiveness of wholly critical approaches. This article proposes a constructive path toward reform: advocating honesty about actual research processes by adding discussions of inferences drawn after data analyses. Post-hoc data analyses can stimulate important theoretical ideas; running alternative statistical models can deepen understanding of empirical patterns; lack of support for hypotheses can identify incorrect or incomplete theories. The management research culture should encourage these practices. The negative effects result from the lack of explicit reporting about them.

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“…Although this procedure may bring with it a risk of publication bias (Kepes et al, 2012), we took the view that increased scientific rigour would be achieved by basing our results on peer-reviewed academic publications. Secondly, in line with Short's (2009) Having settled on a data set of 54 articles, we conducted a preliminary screening of the titles, the keywords, the abstracts, and the research purposes of each paper.…”

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Family business internationalisation and networks: emerging pathways

Kampouri

Plakoyiannaki

Leppäaho

2017

JBIM

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Purpose The aim of this study is twofold: to provide a meta-synthesis of the current state of knowledge in family business (FB) internationalisation research, adopting a network perspective, and to highlight emerging themes that may set the stage for future work on FB internationalisation, for the benefit of researchers adopting a network perspective. Design/methodology/approach To address the twofold purpose of the study, the current paper provides a state-of-the-art review of 25 peer-reviewed journal articles published from 1993 to 2014. This study also presents a meta-synthesis of the theoretical approaches, key findings and concepts that were pinpointed in the review, and proposes emerging key themes that are likely to set the stage for future work within this specific field. Findings The results indicated that since the mid-1990s, research in the field from a network perspective has mainly focused on three aspects, namely, the role of networks and relationships in the internationalisation process, the factors that influence network formation and strategic/managerial issues in the formation and building of network ties. The current paper pinpoints emerging themes within these three aspects and proposes future pathways. Research limitations/implications The review and meta-synthesis are restricted to 25 studies identified in this specific field. Originality/value This study comprises an initial attempt to encompass the interface of FB internationalisation and networks.

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Publication Bias in the Organizational Sciences

Cited by 355 publications

References 114 publications

Disclosure of sensitive behaviors across self-administered survey modes: a meta-analysis

Disclosure of sensitive behaviors across self-administered survey modes: a meta-analysis

A Call for Openness in Research Reporting: How to Turn Covert Practices Into Helpful Tools

Family business internationalisation and networks: emerging pathways

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