Best Practice Recommendations for Designing and Implementing Experimental Vignette Methodology Studies

By Herman Aguinis, Kyle J. Bradley. 2014

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Subfields: Sociology and Political Science

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Leader Narcissism Predicts Malicious Envy and Supervisor-Targeted Counterproductive Work Behavior: Evidence from Field and Experimental Research (2018, positive): “…narcissism, which allowed for causal conclusions of the impact of leader narcissism on malicious and benign envy as well as supervisor-targeted CWB. Aguinis and Bradley (2014) discuss that experimental vignette methodology (EVM) ‘‘results in high levels of confidence regarding internal validity…”
On doing better science: From thrill of discovery to policy implications (2017, background): “Even “paper people”—vignette-type or scenario—experiments can be useful (Aguinis & Bradley, 2014; Woehr & Lance, 1991); in my book, such an experiment well done may beat an endogeneity plagued-field study.”
Consequences of knowledge hiding: The differential compensatory effects of guilt and shame (2018, methodology): “Third, in Study 1, we used an experimental vignette methodology (Aguinis & Bradley, 2014) and a crowdsourced sample to elicit emotional responses to a hypothetical knowledge hiding scenario.”
Designing Entrepreneurship Experiments (2017, methodology): “We provide domainspecific guidance on experimental designs and address criticisms of using student samples, lab or classroom experiments, and role-playing and vignettes (Aguinis & Bradley, 2014).”
Enhancing Rigor in Quantitative Entrepreneurship Research (2019, methodology): “The experimental vignette methodology can sometimes be used to increase the realism of entrepreneurship experiments (Aguinis & Bradley, 2014).”
Fear of failure as a mediator of the relationship between obstacles and nascent entrepreneurial activity—An experimental approach ☆ (2017, background): “According to social capital theory (Aldrich and Zimmer, 1986; Lin, 1999), these network relationships constitute a vital source of competitive advantage (Florin et al., 2003).”
Institutional isomorphism, negativity bias and performance information use by politicians: A survey experiment (2020, background): “Conclusively, by surveying actual local politicians in a homogeneous institutional and economic setting, using real performance information and linking this information to actual institutional pressures, we greatly enhance the realism underlying our survey experiment— which is a common criticism of ”
A Critical Review and Best‐Practice Recommendations for Control Variable Usage (2016, neutral): “…of (a) various types of experimental and quasi-experimental designs, and (b) statistical mechanisms are two methods for addressing such nonfocal confounds (Aguinis & Bradley, 2014; Atinc, Simmering, & Kroll, 2012; Becker, 2005; Brutus, Gill, & Duniewicz, 2010; Carlson & Wu, 2012; Newcombe, 2003).”
Leader Humility and Team Performance: Exploring the Mediating Mechanisms of Team PsyCap and Task Allocation Effectiveness (2019, background): “…(both in the Singaporean and Portuguese samples) indicated prior work experience, which increases the similarity between the experimental and the natural setting and reinforces the subjective experience of being immersed in the situation reported in the vignettes (Aguinis & Bradley, 2014).”
When and how health‐oriented leadership relates to employee well‐being—The role of expectations, self‐care, and LMX (2021, methodology): “In doing so, we used experimental vignette methodology and presented participants with a realistic scenario, in which we manipulated the health- oriented leader behavior they received and subsequently assessed their reactions (Aguinis & Bradley, 2014).”
On doing relevant and rigorous experiments: Review and recommendations (2018, neutral): “…the immersion in hypothetical experimental environments (video-based vignettes rather than written ones, virtual reality interactions, see, e.g., Aguinis & Bradley, 2014; Antonakis, 2017; Blascovich et al., 2002; DeHoratius, Gürerk, Honhon, & Hyndman, 2015; Harrison, Haruvy, & Rutström, 2011;…”
On the treatment of persons with disabilities in organizations: A review and research agenda (2018, background): “For instance, vignette studies (see Aguinis & Bradley, 2014 for a review) conducted with actual firm personnel (e.g., persons with disabilities, recruiters, HR practitioners, supervisors, coworkers, and top management teams) might be particularly suitable for disability research because this…”
When Victims Help Their Abusive Supervisors: The Role of LMX, Self-Blame, and Guilt (2020, methodology): “We used a scenario experiment methodology in which participants received carefully constructed and realistic scenarios to assess the dependent variables, including their attributions, emotions, and behaviors (Aguinis & Bradley, 2014).”
Dispositional Sources of Managerial Discretion: CEO Ideology, CEO Personality, and Firm Strategies (2018, methodology): “…vignettes typically in written form and then asking participants to make explicit decisions, judgments, and choices or express behavioral preferences’’ (Aguinis and Bradley, 2014: 354) and which is recommended for behavioral research because it strikes a good balance between internal validity…”
How and When Humble Leadership Facilitates Employee Job Performance: The Roles of Feeling Trusted and Job Autonomy (2020, methodology): “Study 1 The initial step in testing our hypothesized research model was to design and conduct a vignette-based experiment (Aguinis & Bradley, 2014) to establish the relationship between humble leadership, autonomy, and feeling trusted.”
On making experimental design choices: Discussions on the use and challenges of demand effects, incentives, deception, samples, and vignettes (2020, methodology): “As with any other research method, there are best practices to be adhered to when conducting a vignette study (see Weber, 1992; Rungtusanatham, Wallin, & Eckerd, 2011; Aguinis & Bradley, 2014).”