Rejoinder to Starbuck's Comments on "Design of Proof in Organizational Research" and Organizational Effectiveness: An Inventory of Propositions.

The article is a response to comments concerning "Design of Proof in Organizational Research" and "Organizational Effectiveness: An Inventory of Propositions." The research designs of case study, small-sample study, and longitudinal method are mentioned, as well as five ideas to improve the quality of proof in research such as compiling measurement inventories for the major variables and controlling contaminating variables. The author states that comments on his work, the issues raised, and the reported data were not accurately assessed.