Integrating organizational research–Individual, team, organizational and multilevel perspectives

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. We a e also open o submissions on opics o he han hose 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. 2. Submissions E e y manusc ip submi ed o his special issue has o p o ide a clea scien ific and p ac ical con ibu ion. Concep ual o e iew and empi ical pape s will be conside ed. All submissions will be subjec o he Eu opean Managemen Jou nal's usual double- blind pee - e iew p ocess, should espec he jou nal's gene al publica ion guidelines and should be submi ed elec onically o h p://ees.else ie .com/emj/ be ween 29 h Oc obe 2021 and 1 s Ap il 2022. The special issue will be published in 2023. To ensu e ha all manusc ip s a e co ec ly iden ified o conside a ion o his special issue, i is impo an ha au ho s selec ‘SI: In e- g a ing O ganiza ional Resea ch’as he pape ype. You may di ec any ques ions abou he special issue o Tomisla He naus (✉ he naus@e zg.h ). Con en s lis s a ailable a ScienceDi ec Eu opean Managemen Jou nal jou nal homepage: www.else ie .com/loca e/emj Eu opean Managemen Jou nal 38 (2020) 217e218 h ps://doi.o g/10.1016/j.emj.2020.03.001 0263-2373 The Eu opean Managemen Jou nal (EMJ) is a flagship schola ly jou nal, publishing in e na ionally leading esea ch ac oss all a eas o managemen . EMJ a icles challenge he s a us quo h ough c i - ically in o med empi ical and heo e ical in es iga ions, and p e- sen he la es hinking and inno a i e esea ch on majo managemen opics, while s ill being accessible and in e es ing o non-specialis s. EMJ a icles a e cha ac e ized by hei in ellec ual cu iosi y and di e se me hodological app oaches, which lead o con ibu ions ha impac p o oundly on managemen heo y and p ac ice. We welcome in e disciplina y esea ch ha syn hesizes dis inc esea ch adi ions o shed new ligh on con empo a y challenges in he b oad domain o Eu opean business and manage- men . C oss-cul u al in es iga ions add essing he challenges o Eu opean managemen schola ship and p ac ice in dealing wi h global issues and con ex s a e s ongly encou aged. 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. Re e ences Bu on, M. D., Cohen, L. E., & Lounsbu y, M. (2016). In oduc ion: B inging jobs back 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 s a egy and o ganiza ion heo y. 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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 - wa d. Jou nal o Managemen , 45, 786e818. 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 * 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 * Co esponding edi o . Call o pape s / Eu opean Managemen Jou nal 38 (2020) 217e218218