Assessing Cumulative Evidence within ‘Macro’ Research: Why Meta‐Analysis Should be Preferred Over Vote Counting

By James G. Combs, David J. Ketchen, Jr., T. R. Crook, Philip L. Roth. 2011

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Subfields: Accounting, Management Information Systems, Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management

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Synthesizing and Extending Resource Dependence Theory (2013, unknown): “…still lacking is a meta-analytical synthesis of the RDT literature, which quantitatively combines all the available empirical evidence (Hedges & Olkin, 1985) and which can be a “catalyst for the re-evaluation of established theories and the development of new theory” (Combs et al., 2011: 178).”
An Assessment of Resource-Based Theorizing on Firm Growth and Suggestions for the Future (2018, background): “Meta-analysis is well suited to bring clarity to the fragmented growth field, to evaluate strategy theories (Combs et al., 2011), and to specifically test the link between resources and performance (Crook et al., 2008).”
An institution-based view of executive compensation: A multilevel meta-analytic test (2012, methodology): “Methodological Innovations Meta-analyses have long been an accepted research methodology in micro disciplines such as organizational behavior, but have recently also become increasingly popular in macro disciplines such as strategic management and international business (Combs et al., 2011).”
Organizational responses to performance feedback: A meta-analytic review (2019, methodology): “Using meta-analytical methods, we can statistically and objectively evaluate theoretically derived relationships across a wide variety of conditions, allowing us to uncover factors contributing to variations in effect sizes (Combs et al., 2011; Crook et al., 2008; Newbert et al., 2014).”
Alignment Versus Monitoring: An Examination of the Effect of the CSR Committee and CSR-Linked Executive Compensation on CSR Performance (2021, background): “As knowledge about social concepts has developed (Combs et al., 2011), the definition of CSR has also evolved (Russo & Perrini, 2010), starting with Bowen (1953), who described CSR as an obligation to pursue desirable policies through decisions and actions aimed at responding to the objectives and v”
Information Technology and Business-Level Strategy: Toward an Integrated Theoretical Perspective (2013, background): “In particular, debate over their degree of empirical support (Armstrong and Shimizu 2007; Combs et al. 2011; Crook et al. 2008; Newbert 2007) distinguishes the solidity (or lack thereof) of the theoretical underpinnings of competence-based theories from those of market structure and tacit collusion…”
The moderating influences on the relationship of corporate reputation with its antecedents and consequences: A meta-analytic review (2015, methodology): “, Journal of Business Research (2014) literature (Combs et al., 2011).”
The determinants of export performance: a review of the literature 2006-2014 (2016, methodology): “While meta-analysis is considered to be statistically superior than vote-counting (Combs et al., 2011), vote-counting is criticized for being too conservative and overlooking the magnitude of effect size (Ostini et al.”