What Reviewers Should Expect from Authors Regarding Common Method Bias in Organizational Research

Abstract

■Many researchers have suggested that meeting time, scope, and budget goals, sometimes called 'project efficiency,' is not the comprehensive measure of project success.

The Associations between Ethical Organizational Culture, Burnout, and Engagement: A Multilevel Study

“…Finally, as the focus of this study was on perceived rather than objective ethical culture and well-being, using self-reports was the most relevant method (see, e.g., Conway & Lance, 2010).…”

Perceived organizational support and organizational identification: joint moderating effects of employee exchange ideology and employee investment

“…All measures in the study are self-reported. Self-report has been argued to be appropriate for variables that are perceptual or related to private events (Chan, 2009;Conway and Lance, 2010). Self-report ratings are not considered to be inferior to other type of subjective rating, such as supervisor or peer rating (Conway and Lance, 2010).…”

Design, development and validation of a workplace cyberbullying measure, the WCM

“…Therefore some individuals may have underreported their exposed to cyberbullying as acknowledgement of victimisation could prompt feelings of vulnerability (van Beest & Williams, 2006). Attempts were made to reduce the risk of common method bias as the anonymous treatment of study results was outlined and participants were clearly advised that they could withdraw from the research at any time (Conway & Lance, 2010).…”