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Chapter 3<br />

2. <strong>In</strong>terventions or moderators: the only studies included were those involving an<br />

intervention intended to modify an organization’s performance, or moderating<br />

variables affecting the direction or strength <strong>of</strong> the outcome <strong>of</strong> an intervention.<br />

3. Dependent variable: the only studies included were those involving<br />

interventions or moderators that directly or indirectly influenced the taskrelated<br />

responses and the associated performance <strong>of</strong> an individual, team or<br />

entire organization.<br />

4. Measurement: the only studies included were those in which the effect <strong>of</strong><br />

interventions or moderators was measured or evaluated.<br />

5. Original studies: only original or primary studies were included. Reviews and<br />

meta-analyses were excluded.<br />

Figure 2: Literature search and study selection<br />

ABI/INFORM!<br />

n&=!1180!<br />

Business!SP!<br />

n&=!493!<br />

PsycINFO!<br />

n&=!1141!<br />

ERIC!<br />

n&=!300!<br />

duplicates!!!!!!!!!!<br />

n&=!1219!<br />

!<br />

excluded!<br />

n&=!1163!<br />

articles!obtained!from!<br />

search!<br />

n&=!!3114!<br />

titles!and!abstracts!<br />

screened!for!relevance!<br />

n&=!1895!<br />

text!screened!for!relevance!<br />

n&=!732!<br />

excluded!!!!<br />

n&=!169!<br />

included!studies!<br />

n&=!563!<br />

Study selection took place in two phases. First, two reviewers independently<br />

screened the titles and abstracts <strong>of</strong> the 1895 studies identified for their relevance

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