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Directed Methods Analysis of Battilana, J., & Casciaro, T. (2012). Change agents, networks and institutions: A contingency theory of organizational change. Academy of Management Journal, 55, 381-398.

Read the assigned article (above) and answer the following questions. Although you certainly may use additional text-based sources to assist you, the information that you need to be able to answer these questions can be obtained from your course readings (Critical Thinking, 2nd edition, by Alec Fisher) and your own critical thinking skills.

Your answers must be in your own words. "Cutting and pasting" material from the article will be considered non-responsive and result in no credit for that answer. Please number each response.

In your answer, if you refer to any text from the assigned article directly, please be sure to reference it appropriately.

1. Was this article published in a recognized scholarly journal? And what is your evidence for or against?

2. What is the purpose of the article? Do the authors achieve their purpose? Provide evidence for your judgment.

3. Is there a gap in the field of literature that is addressed by this study? If so, what is that gap? How does this study address the gap?

4. Is the research method (study design) appropriate for answering the authors` research question? Provide evidence for your judgment.

5. In your own words, why do the authors conduct the study using both quantitative and qualitative methods? Provide an example of one qualitative data collection method and one quantitative data collection method the authors used in the study. Do you think the use of both methods supported the findings of the study? Why or why not?

6. In what way do the quantitative measures used in this study answer the proposed research question?

7. What is the population of interest in the combined studies? Do you think the sample used is a good representation of that population? Why or why not?

8. Was the selection of cases based on external, objective and validated criteria? Why?

9. Are objective and validated measurement methods used to measure the outcome in this study? If not, was the outcome assessed by someone who was unaware of the group assignment (i.e. was the assessor blinded)?

10. Could there be confounding factors in the findings of this study that haven`t been accounted for by the authors? If so, what are those factors?

11. Table 2 presents the correlation matrix for the variables used to assess change agents in this study.

(a) List all of the statistically significant correlations.
(b) Choose one of the statistically significant outcomes and describe in your own words what this outcome means in relation to the study.

12. Tables 3 and 4 present five multiple regression models intended to test how well certain variables predict degree of change divergence (Table 3) and degree of change adoption (Table 4).

(a) What is the difference between Model 3, Model 4, and Model 5?
(b) Why is it necessary to run three models?
(c) What outcome does Model 4 predict? How do you know this?

13. Give two specific examples of how the researchers used qualitative data to illustrate the quantitative data. How does the authors` use of these examples support the research findings? [3 points]

14. In this study, the researchers administered a telephone survey to measure the level of change adoption.

a. At what level of measurement were the scale items measured?
b. What would a "4" on the item "How far did you progress toward completing the change project" mean?
c. What would a "4" on the item "In my view, the change was not adopted in the organization" mean?
d. Give one example of how the researchers validated their measurements of change adoption.

15. Having slowly and carefully read the Method and Results section of this article, thoughtfully and cogently explain the role of the data that the authors collected and analyzed in helping them advance an argument about change agents and their influence on initiation and adoption of change in organizations.