Dispersion-composition models in multilevel research: A data-analytic framework

Organizational Research Methods

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 718-734

  Cole, Michael S ^a   Bedeian, Arthur G ^b   Hirschfeld, Robert R ^c   Vogel, Bernd ^d  

^a TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

composition models; dispersion theory; group level constructs; multilevel research

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052822491     PISSN: 10944281     EISSN: 15527425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1094428110389078     Document Type: Article

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