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Words Don’t Work Why do we rely on language to understand individual, group, and organizational behavior? Can we change how we approach the research process? Presenting our research Doing our research Agenda Background Research process Specify task – nature of work Specify context Specify concepts Design Measurement Background Researcher Group performance models Organizational errors Organizational linkages Filmmaker Fun Educational Videos Documentaries Specify the nature of work Central issue in individual, group organizational research: Some word examples A visual example Implications and action Specify context What does context mean? Why do we care? Some approaches to understanding context Some word examples A visual example Implications and action Specify concepts: Complex concepts: culture, absorption uncertainty, tacit-explicit Some word examples A visual example Implications and action Alternative designs Modal designs Experimental X ? Y Correlational X ? Y Inherent Problems Representing real time – OB Visual examples lab/field Implications and action Transcript Measurement Modal measurements Some alternatives Implications and action Implications – Individual Research: Richer verbal descriptions – work, context Simple visual representation More complex visual representation Other forms: sound, animation Alternative designs Different measurement methods Institutional Implications Institutional rewards Institutional mechanisms * Paul S. Goodman Carnegie Mellon University Basic Question . . . Basic Outcome . . . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 That is important to you? QR 11 Liquor 30 It’s just that we will be divided into four separate areas. SF 16 Grocer 42 They will use the entire market a a supermarket. SF 16 Grocer 41 A lot of people will be doing a lot of their primary shopping there. SF 16 Grocer 40 We are in the Towers. SF 16 Grocer 39 We are a grocer. SF 16 Grocer 38 Are you a grocer or a supermarket? QM 15 Liquor 37 So we would argue for a position