Controlling the Control Condition: A Critical Methodological Review of Control Conditions in Experimental Management Research
Published online on March 21, 2026
Abstract
Journal of Management, Volume 52, Issue 6, Page 2133-2165, July 2026.
Control conditions are essential to establishing causal relationships in experimental management research, yet they receive little attention compared to treatments. This study thus examines the current state of control-condition selection and design in ...
Control conditions are essential to establishing causal relationships in experimental management research, yet they receive little attention compared to treatments. This study thus examines the current state of control-condition selection and design in ...