Common method biases in behavioral research: a critical review of the literature and recommended remedies.

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The emotional implications of organizational politics: A process model (2009, background): “Though CMV may have accounted for some of the variance in subordinate responses, we attempted to counter these problems with the inclusion of supervisor ratings of task performance, OCBs, and turnover intentions.”
The Effect of Workplace Negative Gossip on Employee Proactive Behavior in China: The Moderating Role of Traditionality (2015, background): “Three waves of data were collected to reduce the likelihood of common method bias (Podsakoff et al. 2003).”
Linking Entrepreneurial Orientation with Innovation Performance in SMEs; the Role of Organizational Commitment and Transformational Leadership Using Smart PLS-SEM (2021, methodology): “We collected the data using the survey data collection method from September 2019 to February 2020 (in six months) with a time-lag of two months to elude common method bias (CMB), as recommended by Podsakoff, MacKenzie [90].”
Transformational leadership, innovative work behavior, and employee well-being (2013, methodology): “We used Harman’s one-factor test to address the potential common method/source bias (Podsakoff et al. 2003).”
Managers’ Citizenship Behaviors for the Environment: A Developmental Perspective (2018, background): “First, the data were collected at different points in time (Podsakoff et al. 2003; Chang et al. 2010).”