Management researchers are increasingly adopting meta-analysis as a method of choice for theorizing, testing and comparing sophisticated models, and identifying boundary conditions. Consequently, meta-analytic approaches can, and have been used very effectively in submissions to top tier journals such as the Academy of Management Journal, Strategic Management Journal, Management Science, Organization Science, and Journal of Marketing, to name a few. Despite this surge in the use of meta-analysis, the use of this method to answer questions of their interest by management scholars in India is limited. Hence, to support and develop Indian scholars to take advantage of meta-analytic tools to study and make interesting contributions to their field of interest, the Research and Publications Office at IIMB  is organising a hands-on workshop on meta-analysis. The three-hour session will take the participants through an introduction to the method, its applications, and a basic hands-on exercise of HOMA (Hedges-Olkin type Meta-Analysis).

The workshop will be jointly conducted by Prof. Amit Karna, Prof. Sai Chittaranjan Kalubandi, and Saneesh Edacherian. Amit Karna is an Associate Professor in the Business Policy (Strategy) area at IIM Ahmedabad and has published meta-analyses in Strategic Management Journal, and Journal of Management Studies. He is also actively involved as a reviewer for meta-analyses submissions across several reputed journals. Sai is an Assistant Professor in the Strategy area at IIM Bangalore, and Saneesh is a doctoral student at IIM Ahmedabad. Sai and Saneesh are working with Amit on multiple meta-analyses and have also contributed as reviewers for submissions using meta-analysis.

The workshop will be held at Classroom K-21 from 3 pm onwards on December 06.