Academy of Management Proceedings · 1993 · 116 citations · 0 references
Micro ResearchOrganizational CommunicationOrganizational CharacteristicManagementBusinessConsumer ResearchOrganizational EconomicsSocial InfluenceSelf-report MethodsSelf-report StudyOrganizational ResearchPercept-percept InflationOrganization ScienceHuman Resource ManagementMarketingOrganizational PsychologyOrganizational Behavior
Analysis of 42,934 correlations indicated that self-report methods have produced percept-percept inflation in micro research on organizations. However, further analysis of a subsample of 11,710 correlations indicated that percept- percept inflation has influenced research on particular bivariate relationships but has not had the broad, comprehensive effects envisioned by critics.