Tuesday, August 16, 2011
9:45 AM - 11:15 AM
Hilton Palacio del Rio, La Vista South
The intent of this caucus is to bring together two important topics which have, to date, been completely unrelated: construct measurement in strategic management, and the online Measures Toolchest. Measurement consistency is essential for advancing management research, a foundation for research comparison, replication, and falsification. Directories of validated measures are published in many fields, including education and psychology. In management, efforts toward measurement uniformity are in an early stage. The Academy's Research Methods Division maintains the Measures Toolchest, which serves as a resource for researchers looking for guidance on construct measurement. The toolchest has been reorganized as a wiki, and can be found at:
http://measures.kammeyer-uf.com/wiki/Main_Page <http://measures.kammeyer-uf.com/wiki/Main_Page>
Created in the fall of 2008, the toolchest contains contributions from 408 users. While RMNET requires membership in the Methods Division, the toolchest is available for all members of the Academy. As such, the toolchest represents an important resource for management researchers. One significant limitation is that virtually all of the content is for micro-level phenomena. This omission is critical, however, given the needs of strategic management researchers regarding the measurement of macro-level constructs. The purpose of this forum is to recruit strategic management scholars to discuss raising the visibility of the toolchest, and encourage the submission of more macro-focused measures. We will present a number of strategy-focused constructs that are being added to the wiki as exemplars.
If you have any questions regarding the caucus, please contact either of the session organizers: Brian Boyd (
briankboyd@asu.edu <mailto:
briankboyd@asu.edu> ) and Steve Gove (
steve.gove@vt.edu)