Biggest problem and learning more
I was recently asked two interesting questions. During the 2022 AoM Meeting, I was one of the experts in meet the quantitative expert session. The idea of the session was to give the participants a chance to ask questions. Normally the questions are about problems that the researchers face themselves, but this time the first question was: "What is the biggest problem in methods in management research?"
The second question came in in an email yesterday and prompted the recording of this vlog. A student from my advanced research methods course asked: "How do I learn more about methods?". My standard answer to the question is to come to my basic course (one semester), and then my advanced course (one academic year) and read the course materials. What made this question unique is the context: it came from a student who had already taken all the training that I offer. So in the second half of the video I talk about how to train yourself beyond what the university has to offer.
Note: The explanation of two-stage structural equation modeling (TSSEM) is incorrect in the video. The technique does form a large meta-analytical correlation matrix contrary to what I claim.