Common Method Bias in Public Management Studies

By Morten Jakobsen, R. Jensen. 2015

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ABSTRACT The questionnaire survey is one of the most commonly used methods of data collection in public management research. These surveys often provide the information used to measure both the independent and dependent variables in an analysis. However, this introduces the risk of common method bias—a serious methodological challenge that has not received much attention as a distinct topic in public management research. We discuss the challenge of common method bias in relation to public management studies and illustrate the problem using an analysis of intrinsic work motivation and sickness absence. Thereafter, we discuss solutions for reducing common method bias when it is not possible to use different methods.

Subfields: Management Science and Operations Research, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Public Administration

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In Management Science and Operations Research

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Citations in the corpus

• Red Tape, Organizational Performance, and Employee Outcomes: Meta‐analysis, Meta‐regression, and Research Agenda (2020, neutral): “Common source bias is indeed a very potent and salient critique of common data source studies in public administration (Jakobsen and Jensen 2015).”
• Common method bias in applied settings: The dilemma of researching in organizations (2020, background): “A quick scan of literature shows the topic has been raised across a range of disciplines as a potential problem in management journals (Avolio et al., 1991), in public management Journals (Jakobsen and Jensen, 2015), in international business (Chang et al., 2010), in information systems research (Ch”
• Testing and Controlling for Common Method Variance: A Review of Available Methods (2017, methodology): “Jakobsen and Jensen (2015) stated that the main characteristic of the response tendencies is that they are highly stable across time.”