Performance Effects of Diversification Across Institutional Contexts: A Meta-analysis

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 (1) ◽  
pp. 15633
Author(s):  
Monika Schommer ◽  
Amit Karna ◽  
Ansgar Richter
Keyword(s):  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Performance Effects ◽  
Institutional Contexts

scholarly journals The Link Between SRI and Financial Performance: Effects and Moderators

2013 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 105-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christophe Revelli ◽  
Jean-Laurent Viviani
Keyword(s):  
Financial Performance ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Socially Responsible Investment ◽  
Empirical Literature ◽  
Empirical Methods ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
Responsible Investment ◽  
Counting Approach ◽  
Performance Effects ◽  
Vote Counting

Over the last twenty years, the debate on financial performance of socially responsible investment (SRI) has not yielded a clear consensus, arguing mainly that there was no difference in performance between SRI and ‘conventional’ investment, although SRI could underperform or outperform in some cases. Our research, based on a meta-analysis ‘vote-counting’ approach of the empirical literature, allows us to observe that the effects of SRI on financial performance are multiple. Second, we conclude that the financial performance of SRI is radically changing according to the empirical methods employed by researchers.

Quiet Eye and Performance in Sport: A Meta-Analysis

2016 ◽  
Vol 38 (5) ◽  
pp. 441-457 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Charles Lebeau ◽  
Sicong Liu ◽  
Camilo Sáenz-Moncaleano ◽  
Susana Sanduvete-Chaves ◽  
Salvador Chacón-Moscoso ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Effect Size ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Effect Sizes ◽  
Subsequent Performance ◽  
Quiet Eye ◽  
Performance Effects ◽  
Moderate Effect Size ◽  
Moderate Effect ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Absolute Duration

Research linking the “quiet eye” (QE) period to subsequent performance has not been systematically synthesized. In this paper we review the literature on the link between the two through nonintervention (Synthesis 1) and intervention (Synthesis 2) studies. In the first synthesis, 27 studies with 38 effect sizes resulted in a large mean effect (d = 1.04) reflecting differences between experts’ and novices’ QE periods, and a moderate effect size (d = 0.58) comparing QE periods for successful and unsuccessful performances within individuals. Studies reporting QE duration as a percentage of the total time revealed a larger mean effect size than studies reporting an absolute duration (in milliseconds). The second synthesis of 9 articles revealed very large effect sizes for both the quiet-eye period (d = 1.53) and performance (d = 0.84). QE also showed some ability to predict performance effects across studies.

Pockets of Effectiveness and Islands of Integrity

2021 ◽  
pp. 661-683
Author(s):  
Erin Metz McDonnell ◽  
Luiz Vilaça
Keyword(s):  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Future Research ◽  
State Agencies ◽  
Central State ◽  
State Administration ◽  
History Of ◽  
Institutional Contexts ◽  
National Governments ◽  
Second Wave

The administrative quality of states is typically measured at the level of national governments, tacitly presuming organizational strength is evenly distributed throughout the organizations comprising central state administration. However, those organizations vary substantially in providing impartial, effective, and honest administration. This chapter examines variation in the quality of government within central state administrations, a newly consolidating subfield identified with “pockets of effectiveness” or “islands of integrity.” This scholarship analyzes how some state agencies manage to offer high-quality administration in challenging institutional contexts where many peer organizations are weak, ineffectual, or corrupt. The chapter discusses methodological challenges and traces the history of first- and second-wave scholarship in this subfield. Then through meta-analysis, it identifies four major theoretical themes in prior scholarship: technical competence and incentives, external networks, autonomy, and organizational culture. The chapter concludes with promising avenues for future research, identifying ways scholars and practitioners interested in quality of government broadly can benefit from the findings of this subfield.

Why is Family Firms’ Internationalization Unique? A Meta–Analysis

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (5) ◽  
pp. 801-831 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean–Luc Arregle ◽  
Patricio Duran ◽  
Michael A. Hitt ◽  
Marc van Essen
Keyword(s):  
Family Firms ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Clear Understanding ◽  
Minority Shareholders ◽  
Family Control ◽  
Institutional Contexts ◽  
Country Differences ◽  
Cross Country ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Shed Light

Despite its importance, there is no clear understanding of the uniqueness of family firms’ internationalization. This article sheds new light on this issue with a meta–analysis of 76 studies covering 41 countries. We show that the considerable study and cross–country differences in the relationship between family firm and internationalization are explained by the roles of family control, internationalization types, and home countries’ institutional contexts (i.e., minority shareholders protection and generalized trust of people from other countries). Therefore, we examine the existing divergent results using theories that reconcile some of these mixed findings and shed light on family firms’ specific internationalization challenges.

scholarly journals Performance effects of periodized carbohydrate restriction in endurance trained athletes – a systematic review and meta-analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kasper Degn Gejl ◽  
Lars Nybo
Keyword(s):  
Acute Exercise ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Endurance Performance ◽  
Endurance Athletes ◽  
Carbohydrate Restriction ◽  
Dietary Interventions ◽  
Major Drawback ◽  
Performance Effect ◽  
Performance Effects ◽  
Physiological Benefits

AbstractEndurance athletes typically consume carbohydrate-rich diets to allow for optimal performance during competitions and intense training. However, acute exercise studies have revealed that training or recovery with low muscle glycogen stimulates factors of importance for mitochondrial biogenesis in addition to favourable metabolic adaptations in trained athletes. Compromised training quality and particularly lower intensities in peak intervals seem to be a major drawback from dietary interventions with chronic carbohydrate (CHO) restriction. Therefore, the concept of undertaking only selected training sessions with restricted CHO availability (periodized CHO restriction) has been proposed for endurance athletes. However, the overall performance effect of this concept has not been systematically reviewed in highly adapted endurance-trained athletes. We therefore conducted a meta-analysis of training studies that fulfilled the following criteria: a) inclusion of females and males demonstrating a VO2max ≥ 55 and 60 ml · kg− 1 · min− 1, respectively; b) total intervention and training periods ≥ 1 week, c) use of interventions including training and/or recovery with periodized carbohydrate restriction at least three times per week, and d) measurements of endurance performance before and after the training period. The literature search resulted in 407 papers of which nine studies fulfilled the inclusion criteria. The subsequent meta-analysis demonstrated no overall effect of CHO periodization on endurance performance compared to control endurance training with normal (high) CHO availability (standardized mean difference = 0.17 [− 0.15, 0.49]; P = 0.29). Based on the available literature, we therefore conclude that periodized CHO restriction does not per se enhance performance in endurance-trained athletes. The review discusses different approaches to CHO periodization across studies with a focus on identifying potential physiological benefits.

Performance Effects of Motivational State: A Meta-Analysis

1997 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 170-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher H. Utman
Keyword(s):  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Learning Goals ◽  
Older Individuals ◽  
Motivational State ◽  
Performance Goal ◽  
Learning Goal ◽  
Motivational States ◽  
Performance Effects ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Practical Implications

Researchers (e.g., Butler, 1987; Elliott & Dweck, 1988; Grolnick & Ryan, 1987) have recently studied the impact of two different motivational states and have hypothesized that attempting to attain mastery (learning goal) leads to better performance than attempting to demonstrate that one has high ability (performance goal). This article presents a meta-analysis of research in which motivational states are manipulated and confirms that learning goals lead to better performance than do performance goals. The results also indicate that the learning goal advantage may be limited to relatively complex tasks and that the learning goal advantage is smaller for young children than for older individuals. Further, the learning goal advantage was larger when learning goals were moderately pressuring and when participants were tested alone. Theoretical integration of various theories of motivation and practical implications of the findings are discussed.

scholarly journals The Prison Houses of Knowledge: Activist scholarship and revolution in the era of “globalization”

2009 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Radha D’Souza
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Social Transformations ◽  
Personal Experiences ◽  
Trade Unionist ◽  
Political Activist ◽  
Institutional Contexts ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Activist Scholarship

Abstract The rise of new social movements has produced an emerging discourse on activist scholarship. There is considerable ambiguity about what the term means. In this article I draw on my work as a trade unionist, political activist, and activist lawyer in Mumbai, and later as a social justice activist in New Zealand to reflect on the meaning of activist scholarship, interrogate the institutional contexts for knowledge, and the relationship of knowledge to emancipatory structural social transformations. Although based on personal experiences, this article provides a theoretically oriented meta-analysis of activist scholarship.

scholarly journals A meta-analysis of induced achievement goals: the moderating effects of goal standard and goal framing

2021 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 195-245
Author(s):  
Gera Noordzij ◽  
Lisenne Giel ◽  
Heleen van Mierlo
Keyword(s):  
Achievement Goals ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Effect Sizes ◽  
Moderating Effects ◽  
Goal Framing ◽  
Performance Effects ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Approach Goals ◽  
Avoidance Goals ◽  
Mastery Approach

AbstractIn this paper, we present a meta-analysis of the motivational and performance effects of experimentally induced achievement goals and the moderating effects of goal standard and goal framing; comprising 90 studies which provided 235 effect sizes (11,247 participants). The findings show that, relative to performance-approach and performance-avoidance goals and no-goals, induced mastery-approach goals enhanced performance, but not motivation. With regards to the goal standard used in the inducement, mastery-approach goals related to better performance than performance-approach goals, when mastery-approach goals were based on task-referenced standards or when social comparison was used as a standard for inducing performance-approach goals. With regards to the goal framing used in the inducement, mastery-approach goals were more beneficial when achievement goals were induced by means of goal content. We therefore conclude that goal framing and goal standard should be taken into consideration in achievement goal research and practice.

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