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Publication Bias: A call for improved meta‐analytic practice in the organizational sciences
Author(s) -
Banks George C.,
Kepes Sven,
McDaniel Michael A.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
international journal of selection and assessment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.812
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1468-2389
pISSN - 0965-075X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-2389.2012.00591.x
Subject(s) - publication bias , meta analysis , psychology , applied psychology , industrial and organizational psychology , social psychology , medicine
Previous research has introduced the threat of publication bias to meta‐analytic reviews in management and industrial/organizational ( I / O ) psychology research. However, a comprehensive review of top‐tier journals demonstrates that more than two thirds of meta‐analytic studies in management and I / O psychology ignore the issue. Of the studies that do empirically evaluate publication bias, almost all use methods that are based on problematic assumptions (e.g., the Failsafe N and subgroup comparisons by source of data). The current paper reviews the issue of publication bias and introduces to management and I / O psychology new methodological techniques to assess this bias. To illustrate the methods, multiple publication bias methods are demonstrated in a meta‐analytic review of conditional reasoning tests for aggression. We offer specific recommendations that address both design and analysis issues to mitigate the existence and influence of publication bias.