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This new volume is a collection of thought-provoking essays on the current state of social and organizational psychology. The topics range from data analysis and interpretation, to research ethics, to theoretical issues, to an examination of psychological epistemology and theory. The book is divided into three sections. The first section, focuses on Ralph Rosnow’s greatest contribution to psychology, advancing our knowledge of the methods and ethics of research. This section introduces refinements in research methodology, ethical issues in the conduct of psychological research, and the thorny problems of artifact in behavioral research. Four of the chapters in the next section cover topics in organizational psychology (consumer behavior, rumor in organizational contexts, decision making, and leadership) and three review social psychological topics (science and social issues, smiling, and human values). The final section is a collection of chapters on theory from three eminent scholars. This thought provoking finale raises epistemological questions for future generations to solve.The book is intended for graduate students and scholars in social, organizational, and consumer psychology, and related disciplines such as communication, management, marketing, management information systems, and sociology.
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Advances in Social & Organizational Psychology A Tribute to Ralph Rosnow This page intentionally left blank Advances in Social & Organizational Psychology A Tribute to Ralph Rosnow Edited by Donald A. Hantula Temple University 2006 LAWRENCE ERLBAUM ASSOCIATES, PUBLISHERS Mahwah, New Jersey London This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2008. “To purchase your own copy of this or any of Taylor & Francis or Routledge’s collection of thousands of eBooks please go to www.eBookstore.tandf.co.uk.” Copyright © 2006 by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form, by photostat, microform, retrieval system, or any other means, without prior written permission of the publisher. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., Publishers 10 Industrial Avenue Mahwah, New Jersey 07430 www.erlbaum.com Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Advances in social & organizational psychology : a tribute to Ralph Rosnow / edited by Donald A. Hantula p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8058-5590-4 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Social psychology. 2. Organizational behavior. 3. Psychology— Research. 4. Rosnow, Ralph L. I. Rownow, Ralph. II. Hantula, Donald A. HM1033.A39 2006 ISBN 1-4106-1744-0 Master e-book ISBN 2005050732 CIP Contents Preface ix I Context 1 The Bolton Legacy Peter B. Crabb 3 II Methods and Ethics of Research 2 Praising Pearson Properly: Correlations, Contrasts, and Construct Validity Robert Rosenthal 25 3 Estimating Treatment Effects From Nonrandomized Studies Using Subclassification on Propensity Scores Donald B. Rubin 41 4 On Model-Based Inferences: A Fitting Tribute to a Giant Howard Wainer 61 5 Retrieving Literature for Meta-Analysis: Can We Really Find It All? MaryLu C. Rosenthal 75 6 Rebuilding the Ship at Sea: Coping With Artifacts in Behavioral Research David B. Strohmetz 93 v vi CONTENTS 7 From Artifacts to Ethics: The Delicate Balance Between Methodological and Moral Concerns in Behavioral Research Allan J. Kimmel 113 8 Science and Ethics in Conducting, Analyzing, and Reporting Disability Policy Research Peter Blanck, Helen A. Schartz, Heather Ritchie, and Robert Rosenthal 141 III Social and Organizational Psychology 9 Meta-Analysis, Moral Panic, Co