2024/04/08 by Jürgen Willems, Kenn Meyfroodt · 1 voice · 2 citations
Psychology · Social Sciences · #Conflict Management and Negotiation #Delphi Technique in Research #Team Dynamics and Performance
paper · pdf · doi:10.1177/10596011241246303
openalex publication_date 2024/04/08 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/02
We start from the observation that agreement metrics are mainly used in group and organization research for methodological reasons only. Therefore, we think there are many missed opportunities to study within-group agreement and consensus as core theoretical concepts in group and organization management. We muse in this article about opportunities to rely on agreement metrics for centerpiece research questions, beyond mere methodological argumentations about data selection and technical model specifications. We structure our considerations in three guiding questions for scholars who are interested in multi-level group and organization research. To initiate a good and constructive scientific debate on this – and thus deliver what is expected from a GOMusing article – we hope for a fair amount of disagreement, but not too much, in the group and organization research community.