Determining the Dissertation Question and Securing Data: Mid-Stage Doctoral Student Development Workshop
Friday, 9 August 2019,
10:45 a.m. to 2:45 p.m.
Sponsored by the Gender and Diversity in Organizations Division
Proposal Summary: This workshop is a developmental experience for PhD students in the process of developing and writing their dissertation proposals or students conducting independent (or first-authored) research for the first time. We will focus on fine-tuning one's research question and making sure one seeks adequate design and data to appropriately test the research question. We will assist PhD students in thinking about ways to locate the data they need to answer their questions and discuss alternative and creative ideas to pursue to attain appropriate data.
What Is It About? The session's goal is to make participants aware of the importance of openness and creativity when pursuing their dissertation work, as participants may find themselves adapting their research questions to, and collecting data in, contexts that they might not have been considering.
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What Makes a Good Research Question?
You have an idea and you think it's a pretty good one! In this session, we will help you translate an idea you are genuinely passionate about into a testable question that the field craves an answer to.
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How Do You Get Your Data? Lunch and Learn. Free food will be provided.
If organizations are not knocking down your door to give you data, it's okay! In this session, we will emphasize creativity, persistence, and resilience as we discuss alternative paths to securing your data.
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How Do You Manage Your Data?
This may be your first time managing data independently. In this session, we will discuss the "must dos" of data management and help you avoid some common mistakes of data mismanagement.
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Keeping it Honest: Ethics Simulation and Discussion
We all want to do the right thing when it comes to our research; but when you don't know what you don't know, you can find yourself in some sticky situations. In this session, we will engage in simulation and discussion regarding common ethical dilemmas for "novice researchers". We will focus on ways to recognize and navigate ethical concerns that originate from various sources (e.g., advisors, committee members, site partners, etc.). Additionally, we will highlight some ethical concerns that are magnified when we partner with smaller businesses and entrepreneurial firms.
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What's the Big Picture?
Bring it all together and make an impact on the field of Management!
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Who should apply? This workshop will benefit doctoral students who are beginning their second or third year of their doctoral programs. Fourth year students may be considered if they are still seeking data collection opportunities; however, this must be communicated in their statement. This opportunity is open to any doctoral student within the Academy of Management (AOM). However, preference will be extended to applicants who are affiliated with the GDO and/or Entrepreneurship divisions of AOM.
How Do I Sign Up? To sign up for this limited space opportunity, submit a brief statement (less than one page) summarizing the following:
- your stage in the PhD process;
- your general area(s) of research interest;
- a potential research question you wish to refine;
- your interest in and reasons for applying to this workshop; and
- the name and email address of a faculty advisor or mentor who supports your participation in this workshop.
Send this information to Alison Hall (Alison.Hall@uta.edu) and Jonathan E. Booth (j.booth@lse.ac.uk) no later than July 25, 2019. If selected, Professors Hall and Booth will send a registration approval code for registration. Priority will be given to early submissions of high quality.
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dt ogilvie
Distinguished Professor of Urban Entrepreneurship and Former Dean
Saunders College of Business
Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester NY
(973) 856-0307
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