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This study conducted Frequency and Crosstab analysis on the research methods and steps of organizational growth in chronological order using 70 antecedent researches of the organization growth stage model. And also, we re-sorted the growth stages into Start-up, Growth, Maturity stages and re-categorized the variables into Subject, Environment, Resource, Mechanism, and Performance factors on 30 empirical tests out of the 70 existing researches. We analyzed popularity and relative importance of variables of the stages of growth researches. According to analysis results, the resource-based and mechanism-based factors were highly used over the whole periods. Subject-based and Environment-based factors were highly used in 1980s and 1990s respectively. Resource-based variables have been increased steadily but, mechanism-based variables were sharply decreased in 2000s. Subject-based variables were more importantly used in the Star-up phase relatively than other phases. And Environment-based variables were used in the Growth and Maturity phases highly than Start-up phase. Resource-based factors were recorded highly in Growth phased than other phases and Mechanism-based factors were highly used in the Maturity phase.