TY - JOUR
T1 - Multilevel research in the field of organizational behavior
T2 - an empirical look at 10 years of theory and research
AU - Costa, Patrícia Lopes
AU - Graça, Ana Margarida
AU - Marques-Quinteiro, Pedro
AU - Santos, Catarina Marques
AU - Caetano, António
AU - Passos, Ana Margarida
N1 - Funding Information:
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was supported by a Project [Ref. PEst-OE/EGE/UI0315/2011] from the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology.
Copyright:
Copyright 2013 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2013/8
Y1 - 2013/8
N2 - During the last 30 years, significant debate has taken place regarding multilevel research. However, the extent to which multilevel research is overtly practiced remains to be examined. This article analyzes 10 years of organizational research within a multilevel framework (from 2001 to 2011). The goals of this article are (a) to understand what has been done, during this decade, in the field of organizational multilevel research and (b) to suggest new arenas of research for the next decade. A total of 132 articles were selected for analysis through ISI Web of Knowledge. Through a broad-based literature review, results suggest that there is equilibrium between the amount of empirical and conceptual papers regarding multilevel research, with most studies addressing the cross-level dynamics between teams and individuals. In addition, this study also found that the time still has little presence in organizational multilevel research. Implications, limitations, and future directions are addressed in the end.
AB - During the last 30 years, significant debate has taken place regarding multilevel research. However, the extent to which multilevel research is overtly practiced remains to be examined. This article analyzes 10 years of organizational research within a multilevel framework (from 2001 to 2011). The goals of this article are (a) to understand what has been done, during this decade, in the field of organizational multilevel research and (b) to suggest new arenas of research for the next decade. A total of 132 articles were selected for analysis through ISI Web of Knowledge. Through a broad-based literature review, results suggest that there is equilibrium between the amount of empirical and conceptual papers regarding multilevel research, with most studies addressing the cross-level dynamics between teams and individuals. In addition, this study also found that the time still has little presence in organizational multilevel research. Implications, limitations, and future directions are addressed in the end.
KW - Business
KW - Cross-level
KW - Management
KW - Multilevel
KW - Organizational systems
KW - Social sciences
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U2 - 10.1177/2158244013498244
DO - 10.1177/2158244013498244
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:84883203445
SN - 2158-2440
VL - 3
SP - 1
EP - 17
JO - SAGE Open
JF - SAGE Open
IS - 3
ER -