Everyone wants their research to be read and to be relevant. This exciting new guide presents a broad range of ideas for enhancing research impact and relevance. Bringing together researchers from all stages of academic life, it offers a far-reaching discussion of strategies to optimise relevancy in the modern research environment.
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How to Make your Doctoral Research Relevant
Insights and Strategies for the Modern Research Environment
Edited by Friederike Welter and David Urbano
Edited by Friederike Welter and David Urbano
Monograph Chapter
In How to Make your Doctoral Research Relevant
Edited by Friederike Welter and David Urbano
- Published:
- 1 April 2020
Collection:
Business 2020
Edited by Keith Townsend, Mark N.K. Saunders, Rebecca Loudoun and Emily A. Morrison
Monograph Chapter
In How to Keep your Doctorate on Track
Edited by Keith Townsend, Mark N.K. Saunders, Rebecca Loudoun and Emily A. Morrison
- Published:
- 27 March 2020
Collection:
Business 2020
How to Keep your Doctorate on Track
Insights from Students’ and Supervisors’ Experiences
Edited by Keith Townsend, Mark N.K. Saunders, Rebecca Loudoun and Emily A. Morrison
The path of a doctoral student can feel challenging and isolating. This guide provides doctoral students with key ideas and support to kick-start a doctoral journey, inspire progress and complete their thesis or dissertation. Featuring observations from experienced supervisors, as well as the reflections of current and recent postgraduate researchers, this intimate and entertaining book offers vital insights into the critical moments in any doctoral experience.
Handbook Chapter
In Handbook of Qualitative Research Methods for Family Business
Edited by Alfredo De Massis and Nadine Kammerlander
- Published:
- 10 March 2020
Collection:
Business 2020
Handbook Chapter
In Handbook of Qualitative Research Methods for Family Business
Edited by Alfredo De Massis and Nadine Kammerlander
- Published:
- 10 March 2020
Collection:
Business 2020
Edited by Alfredo De Massis and Nadine Kammerlander
This timely Handbook provides a comprehensive guide to the methodological challenges of qualitative research in family business. Written by an international, multidisciplinary team of experts in the field, the Handbook provides practical guidance based on the experiences of senior researchers, and features reflective discussion on how to craft insightful, rigorous studies.
Kenneth Cafferkey
This chapter addresses some of the practical implications involved in conducting case study research including finding a suitable research question, negotiating access, and gaining participation. The chapter also delves into the less spoken of area of interference in the research while finishing with a discussion on the project management aspect of case research to ensure the research is kept on track. Each section provides a ‘lessons learned’ section providing practical advice for case researchers.
Monograph Chapter
In How to Keep Your Research Project on Track
Edited by Keith Townsend and Mark N.K. Saunders
- Published:
- 26 January 2018
Collection:
Business 2018
Sameer Qaiyum and Catherine L. Wang
Quantitative research requires considerable insights into theory, methods and reality. This chapter illustrates how a doctoral project using quantitative methods unfolds, from designing research taking into account complex relationships and selecting data collection techniques to optimise reliability, validity and generalisability, to using sophisticated software for data analysis and testing hypotheses.
Monograph Chapter
In How to Keep Your Research Project on Track
Edited by Keith Townsend and Mark N.K. Saunders
- Published:
- 26 January 2018
Collection:
Business 2018
Kate L. Daunt and Aoife M. McDermott
Writing for publication is an essential part of a successful research career, yet the practicalities of managing authorship decisions and relationships can be tricky. This chapter aims to shed light on this little-discussed topic and draws on formal guidelines and anecdotal evidence to outline a number of different approaches to authorship choices and arrangements. In doing so, the themes of expectations, obligations, accountability and integrity are considered (as well as the benefits of having a surname beginning with the letter A!)
Monograph Chapter
In How to Keep Your Research Project on Track
Edited by Keith Townsend and Mark N.K. Saunders
- Published:
- 26 January 2018
Collection:
Business 2018