Authors
C Chet Miller, Laura B Cardinal, William H Glick
Publication date
1997/2/1
Journal
Academy of management journal
Volume
40
Issue
1
Pages
189-204
Publisher
Academy of Management
Description
Retrospective reports of important organizational phenomena are commonly fused in strategic management and organization theory research. A recent study, however, suggested that these reports tend to be inaccurate and seriously questioned their use. Our reexamination of this study suggests the situation is not so dire. Our work suggests that retrospective reporting is a viable research methodology if the measure used to generate the reports is adequately reliable and valid. Retrospective reports should neither be rejected nor used indiscriminately.
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CC Miller, LB Cardinal, WH Glick - Academy of management journal, 1997