Designing research for publication

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Author:

Huff, Anne Sigismund.

ISBN:

9781412940146

9781412940153

Personal Author:

Huff, Anne Sigismund.

Publication Information:

Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, 2008, c2009.

Physical Description:

xvi, 374 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Contents:

Finding the right conversation -- Criteria for contribution -- Theoretic explanation -- Evolution of scholarly projects -- Research design -- Ontology and epistemology -- Disciplines, professions and their subfields of inquiry -- Literature review -- Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods -- Links to practice and policy -- Modeling theoretic propositions / David Whetten -- Evaluation of research design and outcomes -- Mike Wallace on critical reading and writing -- Gary Gaile, Susan Clarke, and Jim Huff on controversies about theory -- Susan Hanson on the evolution of multidisciplinary and coauthored research projects.

Abstract:

"Written in a conversational, easy-to-understand manner, Designing Research for Publication discusses topics readers must consider to effectively design their own research, including project purpose, ontology and epistemology, subdisciplinary focus, different approaches to literature review, alternative methods, practical implications, modeling, evaluation, and ethical issues. Concluding chapters present three conversations with other scholars on critical and systematic literature review, controversies about theory, and the evolution of multidisciplinary, coauthored projects."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject Term:

Social sciences -- Research.

Social sciences -- Research -- Methodology.

Academic writing.

Scholarly publishing.

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Summary

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.