02537namaa2200457uu 4500 doab78294 oapen 20260305123947.0 m o d cr|mn|---annan 220217s2022 xx |||||o ||| 0|eng d 9780367857646 9780367857707 9781003015000 9781003015000 10.4324/9781003015000 doi oapen oapen eng dc JM bicssc JMJ bicssc KJU bicssc Murphy, Kevin edt Data, Methods and Theory in the Organizational Sciences A New Synthesis Taylor & Francis 2022 1 online resource text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Free-to-read Unrestricted online access star In both Management and I/O Psychology, contributions to theory remain an important, and in many cases, sole criterion for evaluating submissions to top journals. In many ways, the definition of theory and the primacy of theory in the organizational sciences is an outlier; in most sciences, articles rarely even mention theories, much less build themselves around advancing theory. We propose that the classic description of the scientific methods provides a better guide to understanding the relationships between data, methods and theory than our current model, which often starts and ends with proposing a theory, which may never again be referenced or tested. We describe a pyramid of types of evidence that is useful for assessing the reliability and worth of particular sorts of data and show how this approach to evidence informs the scientific method and assists in identifying and building useful theories. All rights reserved http://oapen.org/content/about-rights English Occupational & industrial psychology bicssc Organizational theory & behaviour bicssc Psychology bicssc organizational research; SIOP; SIOP Organizational Frontiers; SIOP Organizational Frontiers Series; organizational frontiers; organizations; Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology; I/O psychology Murphy, Kevin oth DOAB Library. https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/78294 0 Free-to-read: DOAB: description of the publication 92762 92762