Designing Research For Publication

Description:
It is easy to be paralyzed by the possibilities and responsibilities of academic work or distracted into one fascinating alley after another without cumulative insight. Even when well underway too many scholars sink into necessary details and do not complete the less inviting tasks that are required to engage the attention of others. 'Designing Scholarly Research' addresses efforts to avoid these and other pitfalls. It is written especially for those early in their careers who must quickly master the basic mechanics of research and publication if they are to succeed as academics, and for those who try to assist them.

Table of Contents:
Preface Part I: Choosing an Academic Home Chapter 1: Finding the Right Conversation Chapter 2: Criteria for Contribution Chapter 3: Theoretical Explanation Chapter 4: Evolution of Scholarly Projects Part II: Designing Your Contribution Chapter 5: Research Design Chapter 6: Ontology and Epistemology Chapter 7: Disciplines, Professions, and Their Subfields of Inquiry Chapter 8: Literature Review Chapter 9: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Chapter 10: Links to Practice and Policy Chapter 11: Modeling Theoretical Propositions, by David Whetten Chapter 12: Evaluation of Research Design and Outcomes Part III: Conversations About Scholarship Chapter 13: Mike Wallace on Critical Reading and Writing Chapter 14: Gary Gaile, Susan Clarke, and Jim Huff on Controversies About Theory Chapter 15: Susan Hanson on the Evolution of Multidisciplinary and Coauthored Research Projects Appendix A: Internet Tools Supporting Scholarship Appendix B: Questions for Those Designing Research, by Vivek Velamuri Appendix C: Exercises Summary Appendix D: Advice Summary Appendix E: Summary of Political and Career Questions Glossary Selected Bibliography, by Tobias Fredberg About the Author

Author Biography:
Anne Huff is Visiting Professor of Strategy and Innovation at the TUM Business School in Munich, Germany, where she is helping organize research on open innovation that crosses traditional organizational boundaries, product-service fusion and leadership systems. She was Founding Director of the Advanced Institute of Management Research (AIM), a UK wide management research initiative with offices based at the London Business School, and continues to be a visiting AIM fellow at LBS. She is also a visiting professor in the Communications Department of the University of Colorado, and had prior appointments at the University of Illinois, and UCLA. She earned a BA from Barnard College (philosophy), as well as an MA (sociology) and PhD (management) from Northwestern University. Her research interests focus on sustained innovation and strategic change; both are seen as dynamic processes of interaction among firms and as cognitive processes affected by the interaction of individuals over time. Recent books include Mapping Strategic Knowledge. Sage, 2002 (edited, with Mark Jenkins), When Firms Change Direction. Oxford University Press, 2000 (with James O. Huff), and Writing for Scholarly Publication (Sage, 1998). In 1998-99 Anne was President of the Academy of Management, an association of management researchers with 16,000 members worldwide; she held associated leadership positions from 1995 to 2001. In August 2003 she received the Distinguished Scholar Award of the Managerial and Organizational Cognition Division of that association. She serves on the boards of several professional organizations and journals.