Call o pape s
In eg a ing o ganiza ional esea ch eIndi idual, eam, o ganiza ional
and mul ile el pe spec i es
O ganiza ions a e mul ile el social sys ems (Hedbe g, Nys om,
&S a buck, 1976;Kesle &Ka es, 2015) whe e (1) di e se em-
ployees a e assigned o a ious jobs, embedded in mul iple dyadic
ela ionships, and expec ed o play di e se eam oles; (2) unc-
ional and/o c oss- unc ional eams in eg a e indi idual e o s
and de elop in a- and in e -g oup dynamics; and (3) mul iple de-
pa men s and business p ocesses nes ed wi hin o spanning ac oss
o ganiza ional bounda ies deli e alue h ough mu ual in e ac-
ion. Whe eas he manage ial p io i y in he globally digi alized
wo ld is o execu e compe i i e s a egic ini ia i es and achie e
challenging business goals by igilan ly managing and con inu-
ously imp o ing dynamic in e ac ions be ween o ganiza ional sys-
em le els, he majo i y o schola s s ill popula e disciplina y,
specialized mic o- (social psychology, o ganiza ional beha io ,
and o ganiza ional psychology), meso- (business p ocess manage-
men and p ojec managemen ) o mac o- (s a egic managemen ,
o ganiza ional heo y and design, and enginee ing/sys ems man-
agemen ) esea ch camps (e.g., Hi , Beamish, Jackson, &Ma hieu,
2007;Molloy, Ployha , &W igh , 2011).
Fo una ely, we a e wi nessing an e e -inc easing amoun o
mul ile el esea ch in o ganiza ional s udies (Bu on, Cohen, &
Lounsbu y, 2016;Felin, Foss, &Ployha , 2015;Molina-Azo in,
Pe ei a-Moline , Lopez-Game o, Pe usa-O ega, &Ta i, 2019;
Pa uchu i, Pe y-Smi h, Cha opadhyay, &Shaw, 2018;Peccei &
Van de Voo de, 2019;Renkema, Meije ink, &Bonda ouk, 2017)
ha in eg a es delinea ed esea ch domains and o e s new lenses
o unde s anding business p ac ice. Recen me hodological ad-
ances in mul ile el modeling (e.g., Humph ey &LeB e on, 2019;
Kozlowski, Chao, G and, B aun, &Kuljanin, 2013;Meue &
Rupie a, 2017) ce ainly ep esen an addi ional push in pu ing
he issue o le els up on in schola ly discussions. Following he
key assump ion o mul ile el o ganiza ional esea ch ha a ious
phenomena can be be e explained by combining ac o s a
di e en le els o analysis (Klein &Kozlowski, 2000), he pu pose
and scope o his special issue is o iden i y, discuss, and g apple
wi h single- and c oss-le el heo y, esea ch, and me hod issues,
so as o make subs an i e p og ess in ou unde s anding o he
mul ile el na u e o o ganiza ions.
1. Topics o in e es
In his special issue, we s i e o p o ide a much-needed syn he-
sis o unde lying heo ies and me hodological app oaches wi hin
he loosely coupled communi y o o ganiza ional schola s by aking
accoun o he ac ha mic o-phenomena a e embedded in mac o-
con ex s, while mac o-phenomena o en eme ge h ough he
in e ac ion and dynamics o lowe -le el elemen s. Such an
app oach may add dep h and ichness o ou heo e ical easoning
and likewise imp o e con e sa ions be ween esea che s and p ac-
i ione s by p o iding insigh ul findings on how o ganiza ions
ope a e and beha e.
We hope o encou age discussion a ound he mul ile el issues
in managemen h ough opics ha b oadly ela e o he ollowing:
O ganiza ional he e ogenei y ac oss le els
Eme gen p ocesses in o ganiza ions
Ad ances in mul ile el measu emen
Sys ema ic e iew o mul ile el o ganiza ional esea ch,
including bibliome ic analysis and mul ile el me a-analysis
Tempo al pe spec i e o mul ile el esea ch on o ganiza ions
Single- e sus mul i-le el esea ch app oaches o s udy
o ganiza ions
Me hodological conce ns and challenges in mul ile el modeling
Mac oemic o di ide in o ganiza ional esea ch
Mul ile el heo ies o o ganiza ions and o ganizing
Mul ile el o ganiza ional in e en ions
Mul ile el o ganiza ional (mis)fi s
Mic o- ounda ions o o ganiza ions
Leade ship ac oss le els
O ches a ing indi idual c ea i i y and eam inno a ion
Job- and eam-le el job design
O ganiza ional implica ions o mul ile el esea ch.
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lis ed abo e, as long as hey add ess mul ile el o ganiza ional
esea ch, which is he main ocus o his special issue.
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3. B ie CVs o special issue edi o s
D Tomisla He naus is Associa e P o esso a he Facul y o
Economics and Business, Uni e si y o Zag eb, C oa ia and a
Visi ing P o esso a he School o Economics and Business, Uni e -
si y o Ljubljana, Slo enia. His mul ile el esea ch in e es s include
o ganiza ion design, p ocess managemen , job design, knowledge
hiding, and inno a i e wo k beha io . He has ecei ed se e al
awa ds and honou s o his scien ific con ibu ion and has pub-
lished in jou nals such as Human Resou ce Managemen Jou nal,
Jou nal o Knowledge Managemen ,Jou nal o Manage ial Psychology,
and Jou nal o O ganisa ional Change Managemen .
D K is ina Po o
cnik is Senio Lec u e in Human Resou ce
Managemen a he Uni e si y o Edinbu gh Business School, Uni-
e si y o Edinbu gh, UK. He mul ile el esea ch is conce ned
wi h unde s anding how eams ope a e unde s ess ul, ime-
p essu ed condi ions and how hese influence he pe o mance
and well-being o eam membe s. She has explo ed his in di e se
se ings, anging om cockpi c ews o small p oduc ion eams. He
esea ch has been published in jou nals such as Jou nal o Manage-
men ,O ganiza ion Science,Jou nal o Occupa ional and O ganiza-
ional Psychology, and Eu opean Jou nal o Wo k and O ganiza ional
Psychology.
D E a M. Li a is Assis an P o esso in Social Psychology a he
Uni e si y o Za agoza, Spain whe e she wo ks in he esea ch
g oup on social capi al and wellbeing. He esea ch ocuses on i -
ual eams, eam e ec i eness, emo ional in elligence, heal h psy-
chology, eam inno a ion, and mul ile el models. She has
published se e al publica ions in hese a eas in jou nals such as
Jou nal o Voca ional Beha io ,Compu e s in Human Beha io ,Small
G oup Resea ch, and Beha iou &In o ma ion Technology.
D James M. LeB e on is P o esso o Psychology a Pennsyl a-
nia S a e Uni e si y, USA. Much o his esea ch has ocused on is-
sues ela ed o mul ile el measu emen (e.g., agg ega ion and
wi hin-g oup ag eemen ), mul ile el analyses (e.g., dyadic analyses
and andom coe ficien eg ession models), and es ima ing he
impo ance o a iables in linea models (e.g., ela i e weigh anal-
ysis). His wo k has appea ed in Jou nal o Applied Psychology,Jou nal
o Managemen ,Pe sonnel Psychology,O ganiza ional Resea ch
Me hods, and Psychological Me hods.
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in: Towa d a new mul i-le el app oach o he s udy o wo k and o ganiza ions.
In L. E. Cohen, D. M. Bu on, & M. Lounsbu y (Eds.), The s uc u ing o wo k in
o ganiza ions, esea ch in he sociology o o ganiza ions (Vol. 47, pp. 1e22). Lon-
don: Eme ald G oup Publishing.
Felin, T., Foss, N. J., & Ployha , R. E. (2015). The mic o ounda ions mo emen in
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Humph ey, S. E., & LeB e on, J. N. (2019). The handbook o mul ile el heo y, measu e-
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Pa uchu i, S., Pe y-Smi h, J. E., Cha opadhyay, P., & Shaw, J. D. (2018). New ways o
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Peccei, R., & Van de Voo de, K. (2019). The applica ion o he mul ile el pa adigm in
human esou ce managemen eou comes esea ch: Taking s ock and going o -
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Renkema, M., Meije ink, J., & Bonda ouk, T. (2017). Ad ancing mul ile el hinking in
human esou ce managemen esea ch: Applica ions and guidelines. Human
Resou ce Managemen Re iew, 27,397e415.
Tomisla He naus, Gues Edi o
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Facul y o Economics and Business, Uni e si y o Zag eb, C oa ia
K is ina Po o
cnik, Gues Edi o
Uni e si y o Edinbu gh Business School, UK
E a M. Li a, Gues Edi o
Uni e si y o Za agoza, Spain
James M. LeB e on, Gues Edi o
Pennsyl ania S a e Uni e si y, USA
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Co esponding edi o .
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