Tackling the Problem of Construct Proliferation

By Jonathan A. Shaffer, D. DeGeest, Andrew Li. 2016

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Subfields: Computer Networks and Communications, Management Information Systems, Sociology and Political Science

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Leadership, creativity, and innovation: A critical review and practical recommendations (2018, background): “Although interesting, the observed homogeneity is likely a reflection of construct proliferation and construct redundancy within leadership research (Shaffer, DeGeest, & Li, 2016), which has produced an overly complex literature that hinders understanding, theory building, and the development of pra”
Working on my own: Measuring the challenges of gig work (2021, background): “As demonstrated in Table 5, the correlations between the dimensions of the GWCI and the matched scales are moderate1 (rs = –.57 to .50), which demonstrates that they are similar but distinct (Shaffer et al., 2015).”
Evaluating Evidence for Conceptually Related Constructs Using Bivariate Correlations (2017, background): “In addition, researchers need to conduct a broad review of the literature that includes scholarly works related to the construct(s) being measured, which aids in identifying conceptually related topics (Shaffer et al., 2015).”
Benevolence and authority as WEIRDly unfamiliar: A multi-language meta-analysis of paternalistic leadership behaviors from 152 studies (2019, background): “…morality, and the unitary PL measure with both transformational leadership and LMX are perhaps not surprising given that many leadership measures seem to be capturing a positive general assessment of a leader and positive respondent affect (Martinko et al., 2018; Shaffer, DeGeest, & Li, 2016).”
An Updated Guideline for Assessing Discriminant Validity (2020, methodology): “…a comprehensive analysis of discriminant validity assessment that focuses on the typical case of single-method and one-time measurements, updating or challenging some of the recent recommendations on discriminant validity (Henseler et al., 2015; J. A. Shaffer et al., 2016; Voorhees et al., 2016).”
Construct redundancy in leader behaviors: A review and agenda for the future (2017, background): “In the leadership literature, perplexingly enough, available theoretical and empirical evidence does not indicate any focus on parsimony (Banks et al., 2016; Hoch et al., 2016; Shaffer et al., 2016).”