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Where’s the “O”? Micro Topics in O rganizational Behavior: 1967-1971 versus 1992-1996 Presented by Greg Bigley University of Washington. Conference in Honor of the Career and Contributions of Lyman W. Porter June 2, 2001 Irvine, CA. Calls for a Consideration of Context. Porter (1966)
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Where’s the “O”? Micro Topics in Organizational Behavior: 1967-1971 versus 1992-1996Presented byGreg BigleyUniversity of Washington Conference in Honor of the Career and Contributions of Lyman W. Porter June 2, 2001 Irvine, CA
Calls for a Consideration of Context • Porter (1966) • Bass (1968) • Cappelli and Shere (1991) • Mowday and Sutton (1993) • House, Rousseau, and Thomas-Hunt (1995) • Porter (1996)
Research Question Has a consideration of organizational context become more prominent in the research on three traditional and central Organizational Behavior topics?
Methods • Sampling Strategy Two 5-year periods, 25 years apart: 1967-1972 versus 1992-1996 • Featured Articles in the Following Journals: AMJ, ASQ, and JAP • Micro OB Topics: Groups, Leadership, and Motivation
Methods—cont’d. • Phase I: Identified 249 articles published during two 5-year periods where the central topic was either groups, leadership, or motivation. • Phase II: Independent rater evaluated 249 articles according to the extent to which each considered organizational context in it’s treatment of the central topic. • Articles rated on a five-point scale, where 1=no consideration of organizational context, 5=explicit consideration of organizational context. • While 249 articles were identified in Phase I, the rater was not able to settle on a rating for 3 articles during Phase II.
(28) (41) (40) (81) (43) (13) Note: Mean differences are not significant at the p<.05 level. Note: Number in parentheses represents number of articles.
Discussion • No apparent progress on consideration of organizational context for 3 traditional and central micro OB topics. • Study limitations