Management Research

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I decided to make a new mini-series on Burnout. This topic has become very popular, mainly due to the work from home during COVID-19. The latter changed the way we think about our work and what causes emotional exhaustion. 

In the next episodes, we will talk about what burnout is (not), how it appears, how to prevent it, as well as about different antecedents and consequences of burnout. 

As I am still developing this mini-series, you can leave a comment or drop me an email if you would like me to include a specific topic in this mini-series. 

 

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Eugene (Yevgen)

Welcome,

in this episode, I talk about a simple but powerful combination of a questionnaire and an experiment. With a simple step, you can introduce something all researchers admire - causality. If you simply ask about the two constructs, e.g. self-identity and job satisfaction, you may find a correlation. Yet, what is the cause and what is the consequence? In this episode, I provide you with a simple trick to check it.

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Eugene (Yevgen)

Good morning (afternoon, evening - select the appropriate option;)

In my today's episode, I briefly talk about the pros and cons of your own questionnaire development. I also give some advice on how to correctly adopt an existing questionnaire. As many of my students regularly ask me whether they are allowed to develop their own measurements, I shed light on why it might not be a good idea. Of course, it is great training to develop your own measurement. Yet, it is very hard and time-consuming. Yet, it is possible and we have some great scales even from our Bachelors as a part of their final thesis. 

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Eugene (Yevgen)

Hello everybody!

In my last two episodes, I talked about the reflective and formative measurements of latent constructs. Even though it seems to be easy tin understand which way you approach a latent construct, in real life, it is harder than one would think. I refer to two examples of the known questionnaires. 

Below, you find the papers I am referring to during this episode. 

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Yevgen (Eugene)  

 

References:

Haslam, N. and Fiske, A.P. (1999) ‘Relational models theory: A confirmatory factor analysis’, Personal Relationships, 6(2), pp. 241–250.

Li, D.-Y. and Liu, J. (2014) ‘Dynamic capabilities, environmental dynamism, and competitive advantage: Evidence from China’, Journal of business research, 67(1), pp. 2793–2799.

Wilden, R. et al. (2013) ‘Dynamic capabilities and performance: Strategy, structure and environment’, Long range planning, 46(1–2), pp. 72–96.

Hello and "fröhliche Ostern"!

 

Today, I present the next episode on the reflective measurement of latent constructs. The reflective measurement is much more popular than the formative one, and there are some reasons for this. I talk about it at the end of the episode.

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Eugene (Yevgen)

Welcome!

Today we talk about one of two ways to approach a latent construct, i.e. something that cannot be measured directly (e.g. with a ruler). In social sciences, most concepts of interest are latent constructs, e.g. satisfaction, motivation, organisational capabilities, etc. 

In this episode, we talk about less common formative measurements. Actually, even top researchers confuse formative and reflective measures. So, take care - it does matter and the later statistical calculations are different!

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Eugene (Yevgen)

Hello everyone,

 

actually, this episode is the most important on the whole channel :) Unfortunately, I had to oversimplify due to time constraints. It is one of the most important questions in your academic career: "Are you a positivist or a constructivist?" I had a real problem with answering this question. There were two simple reasons: I was really fascinated by my constructivist colleagues (so I wanted to be like them), and I was afraid of statistics. Luckily, I understood pretty early that I really believe in the existence of the objects of my investigation :) 

I wish you to make the correct choice as early as possible. Actually, it is not about the choice, it is about understanding yourself.

Good luck and sorry for the oversimplification!

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Eugene (Yevgen)

Welcome to the next episode of my podcast. We continue talking about quantitative surveys. Today, we talk about pros and contra of ranking and rating scales.  Both types of scales have their advantages and disadvantages. 

Feel free to comment and ask questions in order to help me with the topic selection for the next episodes!

 

Wish you all the best!

Eugene (Yevgen)

Hello everybody!

 

In this episode, I provide you with some Likert scales. Usually, you search for one online. Here, I made this work for you. If you think about running a survey relying on a quantitative questionnaire, this might be a good option for you ;)

 

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Eugene (Yevgen)

Hello everybody

I make a lot of research using questionnaires. So do also most of my colleagues and students. Therefore, I decided to create a mini-series on questionnaires and related issues. Today, I talk about the most common (as to me) mistakes with regard to the size (range) of the Likert scale. Some prefer the even, some prefer the odd number of answer options. Some prefer a 5 and some prefer a 7 Likert scale. I share my opinion in this regard in the current episode.

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Eugene (Yevgen)