ABSTRACT
In the past several decades researchers in organizational behavior (including the related fields of industrial and organizational psychology, vocational psychology, occupational psychology, human resources management, and vocational psychology) have devoted a great deal of attention to the development and testing of theories. Progress in such effort hinges on the use of research methods that produce valid findings. Unless studies use appropriate measures, manipulations, statistical tests, subjects, and so forth, inferences that stem from them are of little or no value in theory building, theory testing, or the use of theory based interventions to change individuals, groups, or organizations.
