Interested in reliability crisis in strategy, process research, or scale development?
We would like to invite current AOM Student and Academic members to join us for CARMA's upcoming events, January 20, 2023. The events below are available free of charge as part of the 2022-2023 AOM-CARMA Affiliate Program. Instructions for how to access the events is provided at the end of the information below. I hope you can join us for these educational events. Dr. Larry Williams, CARMA Director
Friday January 20,
CARMA Webcast Lecture
12:00pm-1:30pm ET
Writing our Way out of the Reliability Crisis in Strategy
Dr. Brent Goldfarb, University of Maryland
Abstract
We provide a series of recommendations about how authors might describe empirical results and make claims when presenting strategy research. We summarize recent studies which argue that in the absence of pre-specification, empirical papers rely upon abduction, generally referred to as Inference to the Best Explanation (IBE), to advance knowledge claims. When engaging in IBE, researchers generate possible explanations that fit observed empirical patterns in their data and setting (the "lot") and select a preferred (or "best") explanation using their own subjective, interpretive judgments. Because judgment is inseparable from explanation, we suggest that reporting of possible alternatives should be reasonably exhaustive to allow the sensitivity of proposed explanations to these judgments to be transparent to the reader. We propose a comprehensive reporting architecture and suggest language of description that harmonizes the reporting of empirical research to its practice in strategic management. Further, we clarify the roles and responsibilities of the reader when engaging with articles in strategy.
Friday January 20
Topic Interest Group- Ask the Experts Panels
Session I – 9:00 – 10:00 am ET
Topic: How to Publish Research More Transparently: Registered Reports, Pre-Registration & Open Science?
Session Chair: Dr. John Antonakis – University of Lausanne
Panelists: Dr. George Banks – UNCC, Dr. Fabiola Gerpott – Otta Beisheim School of Management
Session II – 11:00 am – 12:00 pm ET
Topic: Process Research
Session Chair: Dr. Ann Langley – HEC Montreal
Panelists: Dr. Jane Le – WHU, Dr. Raghu Garud – The Pennsylvania State University
Session III – 3:00 – 4:00 pm ET
Topic: Scale Development and Validation
Session Chair: Dr. Stephanie Castro – Florida Atlantic University
Panelists: Dr. Claudia Cogliser – Texas Tech University, Dr. Michael Zickar, Bowling Green State University
To participate in the AOM Affiliate Program for events above:
- To access the program, sign-in to your AOM account.
- Click on your name at the top.
- In the information area click the CARMA globe logo.
- When prompted click "Access CARMA" button.
- This button will take you to Affiliate Program Access page.
- On the Access page follow the instructions for accessing live events.
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Larry Williams
Professor
Texas Tech University
Lincoln NE
(806) 834-1479
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