Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Crampton, Suzanne M
• Wagner, John A
• Schmitt, Neal

Titel

Percept-Percept Inflation in Microorganizational Research: An Investigation of Prevalence and Effect

Ist Teil von

• Journal of applied psychology, 1994-02, Vol.79 (1), p.67-76

Ort / Verlag

Washington, DC: American Psychological Association

Erscheinungsjahr

1994

Quelle

EBSCOhost Business Source Ultimate

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Analysis of 42,934 correlations published in 581 articles not only revealed general evidence that self-report methods have produced percept-percept inflation in microresearch on organizations but also suggested that this effect is diminished when 1 or both covariates are demographic variables. Further analysis of a subsample of 11,710 correlations indicated that percept-percept inflation has influenced research on particular bivariate relationships but has not had the broad, comprehensive effects envisioned by critics. These findings challenge the validity of general condemnations of self-report methods, suggesting instead that domain-specific investigations are required to determine which areas of research are especially susceptible to percept-percept effects.