Organizational scholarship centers on understanding organizational context, usually captured through field studies, as well as determining causality, typically with laboratory experiments. We argue that field experiments can bridge these approaches, bringing causality to field research and developing organizational theory in novel ways. We present a taxonomy that proposes when to use an audit field experiment (AFE), procedural field experiment (PFE) or innovation field experiment (IFE) in organizational research and argue that field experiments are more feasible than ever before. With advances in technology, behavioral data has become more available and randomized changes are easier to implement, allowing field experiments to more easily create value—and impact—for scholars and organizations alike.

组织奖学金的重点是了解组织背景（通常通过实地研究获得），并确定因果关系（通常通过实验室实验确定）。我们认为，现场实验可以桥接这些方法，将因果关系引入现场研究，并以新颖的方式发展组织理论。我们提出了一种分类法，提出了在组织研究中何时使用审计现场实验（AFE），程序现场实验（PFE）或创新现场实验（IFE）的分类法，并提出现场实验比以往任何时候都更可行。随着技术的进步，行为数据变得越来越可用，并且随机更改更易于实现，从而使实地实验更容易为学者和组织创造价值和影响。