Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
4-1998
Abstract
Composition models specify the functional relationships among phenomena or constructs at different levels of analysis (e.g., individual level, team level, organizational level) that reference essentially the same content but that are qualitatively different at different levels (M. T. Hannan, 1971, K. H. Roberts, C. L. Hulin, & D. M. Rousseau, 1978, D. M. Rousseau, 1985). Specifying adequate composition models is a critical component of good multilevel research. A typology of composition models is proposed to provide a framework for organizing, evaluating, and developing constructs and theories in multilevel research. Five basic forms of composition are described and illustrated. Implications of the typology are discussed
Keywords
typology of composition models for framework for organizing and evaluating and developing constructs and theories in multilevel research, conference presentation, experimental design
Discipline
Developmental Psychology | Industrial and Organizational Psychology | Social Psychology
Research Areas
Psychology
Publication
Journal of Applied Psychology
Volume
83
Issue
2
First Page
234
Last Page
246
ISSN
0021-9010
Identifier
10.1037/0021-9010.83.2.234
Publisher
American Psychological Association
Citation
CHAN, David.(1998). Functional Relations among Constructs in the Same Content Domain at Different Levels of Analysis: A Typology of Composition Models. Journal of Applied Psychology, 83(2), 234-246.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/224
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Publisher
Creative Commons License
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Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1037/0021-9010.83.2.234
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Comments
An earlier version of this article was presented at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, 1997, Aug, Boston, MA, US