Laboratory Research in Organizational Psychology.
Abstract
The paper in slightly modified form will be a chapter on laboratory experimentation in the forthcoming Handbook of Organizational and Industrial Psychology (M. Dunnette, Editor, to be published in 1972 by Rand McNally, Chicago). The chapter reviews the current state of laboratory methodology, discusses its advantages as well as its shortcomings, and concludes that laboratory research methods should be used much more extensively in organizational psychology. To guide both the researcher and the consumer of laboratory-based information on organizations, the concept of 'boundary variables' is introduced. These variables may be used to help determine the situations in which laboratory results may be applied and indicate the degree to which generalizations are defensible. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 1971
- Accession Number
- AD0732787
Entities
People
- Howard L. Fromkin
- Siegfried Streufert
Organizations
- Purdue University