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From The Editors: Mobilizing New Sources Of Data: Opportunities And Recommendations, Denis A. Gregoire, Anne L. J. Ter Wal, Laura M. Little, Sekou Bermiss, Reddi Kotha, Marc Gruber

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

In June 2008, the U.S.-based website Glassdoor.com began posting anonymous company reviews and salary data from current and former employees of various organizations. Doing so not only brought to the world information that had hitherto been restricted to private circles, it spontaneously prompted some organizations to alter their workplace practices (Dineen & Allen, 2016; Dube & Zhu, 2021). At the same time, Glassdoor’s very activities gave rise to a completely new source of data for exploring a wealth of management and organizational phenomena (e.g., Bermiss & McDonald, 2018; Rhee, 2024). As this example illustrates, new data sources can not only …