ABSTRACT
The extent and quality of accumulated knowledge within a research field depends largely on how it has been produced (cf. Gibbons et al., 1994). Similar to many other fields in social sciences, over the last two decades career research has witnessed a strong increase of research output and notable changes in the manner of how knowledge is produced. The number of published papers in organizational and management career research has almost quadrupled (from about 35 papers per year in 1995 to about 131 papers per year in 2015), with empirical articles being the most voluminous driver of the increasing research output (currently amounting to about 80 percent of yearly output). However, just increasing the quantity of output is usually not sufficient to ensure that a field is making progress. Future formation of knowledge in the field is contingent upon appropriate use and upgrading of existing methodology and upon careful adoption of emerging methodologies that could provide new insights into careers in a highly dynamic, interconnected, and increasingly digitalized world.
