Generalizability Research

Part of my PhD dissertation involved the comparison of industry teams and student project groups. This led me to become interested in the generalizability of using student groups for team-related research. In 2012, I undertook a study to investigate the issue. I wrote my findings in a paper (That Laboratory-Derived Findings Generalize to Work Teams: A Search for the Supporting Evidence), which I presented at the 2013 Academy of Management Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida.  Here is a link to this paper, which has been downloaded over 400 times.

In 2015-16, I undertook another study looking at the generalizability topic. This was a far more extensive piece of research. I wrote my findings in a paper (The External Validity of Team-Related Laboratory Studies: It’s Closer to Truth than Triviality, but...), which I presented at the 2017 INGroup Conference in St Louis, Missouri.  Contact me if you would like to see this paper.