Archival Data in Micro-Organizational Research: A Toolkit for Moving to a Broader Set of Topics

Christopher M. Barnes; Carolyn T. Dang; Keith Leavitt; Cristiano L. Guarana; Eric L. Uhlmann

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Archival Data in Micro-Organizational Research: A Toolkit for Moving to a Broader Set of Topics

Christopher M. Barnes, Carolyn T. Dang, Keith Leavitt, Cristiano L. Guarana, Eric L. Uhlmann

Management and Organization

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Compared to macro-organizational researchers, micro-organizational researchers have generally eschewed archival sources of data as a means of advancing knowledge. The goal of this paper is to discuss emerging opportunities to use archival research for the purposes of advancing and testing theory in micro-organizational research. We discuss eight specific strengths common to archival micro-organizational research and how they differ from other traditional methods. We further discuss limitations of archival research, as well as strategies for mitigating these limitations. Taken together, we provide a toolkit to encourage micro-organizational researchers to capitalize on archival data.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1453-1478
Number of pages	26
Journal	Journal of Management
Volume	44
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0149206315604188
State	Published - Apr 1 2018

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