How to keep your research project on track : insights from when things go wrong / edited by Keith Townsend (Professor of Human Resources and Employment Relations, Department of Employment Relations and Human Resources, Griffith University, Australia) and Mark N.K. Saunders (Professor of Business Research Methods, Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham, UK, and Visiting Professor, Gordon Institute of Business Science, University of Pretoria, Johannesburg, South Africa).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Keith Townsend, Keith, editor.

Saunders, Mark, 1959- editor.

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Series:

How to guides

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Research--Textbooks.

Research.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (250 pages)

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024.

Summary:

"Bringing together valuable insights from a range of research experts, PhD supervisors and examiners, this thoroughly revised second edition of How to Keep Your Research Project on Track details how to deal with the unexpected difficulties of research, and what to do when a project deviates from the plan. Keith Townsend and Mark N.K. Saunders give us essential insights for carrying out research, as well as developing resilience in academia. Key features of the second edition: - Vignettes from experts who have had experience with difficult research projects - Nine new chapters on topics such as the presence of AI generated content in research and the use of social media - Crucial advice on each part of the research process, including writing proposals, gathering data, compiling analysis and undergoing peer review - Insights into what can go wrong in research projects, for instance, issues with conflicting evidence and research study incentives, and how these can be addressed Engaging and accessible, this book is an important resource for early career scholars, PhD candidates and masters students. It will also provide more experienced academics with a fresh perspective on the research process"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents 1. The more things change, the more things stay as they are! / Keith Townsend and Mark N.K. Saunders

Part I. Getting started

2. How to develop research projects / Carol Atkinson

3. On the path to enlightenment? Reviewing the literature systematically - or not / Céline Rojon

4. The phd supervisor-candidate relationship / Jillian Cavanagh, Hannah Meacham and Timothy Bartram

5. 'Finders, keepers, losers, weepers!' a doctoral candidate's reality of changing thesis advisors / Polly Black

6. Benefits, pitfalls, ethics, and realities of genai in research / Jerome Kiley

7. Awful #14: Putting on my novice researcher's shoes and developing my research question / Deisi Yunga-Godoy

8. Reply all, tweets and social media: Technological friends for developing a professional identity that need to be treated with care / Hugh T.J. Bainbridge

Part II. Getting data

9. Epistemological odyssey: A journey of self-discovery / Neve Abgeller

10. A tale of two surveys: Reaching respondents using web questionnaires / Mark N.K. Saunders

11. Finding the truth amongst conflicting evidence / Heather Short

12. Dealing with the practical difficulties of case studies / Kenneth Cafferkey and Hetal Doshi

13. Is a pilot necessary? / Polly Black

14. Access confirmed? / Wojciech Marek Kwiatkowski

15. So, i guess we're probably finished then / Keith Townsend

16. Your incentives are too lucrative: Caution in rewarding interview participants / Catheryn Khoo

17. Sales skills for researchers / Colin Hughes

18. Being flexible in interviews: Make sure that you account for power imbalance / Qian Yi Lee

Part III. Getting it together

19. What precisely do you mean? Interpreting qualitative data / Rebecca Loudoun and Keith Townsend

20. Analysing quantitative data / Sameer Qaiyum and Catherine L. Wang

21. When the words just won't come / Dawn C. Duke

22. Conducting research 'with' and not just 'on' organisations / Carol Woodhams

23. Where, oh where, is my golden thread? / Vivienne Spooner and Helena Barnard

24. I'm a paper person or maybe not? / Ilenia Bregoli

25. A mug of stress / Rohit Talwar

26. Excuse me ... Should that comma be there? Dealing with awkward questions / Kenneth Cafferkey

27. Finding the time to progress your research, and the big lie that you are Part of! / Jennifer Kilroy

Part IV. Getting finished

28. Authorship in action / Kate L. Daunt and Aoife M. McDermott

29. 'Will i ever be good enough?': Using feedback constructively / Amanda Lee

30. Grasping roses or nettles? Losing and finding ourselves in research projects / Kiran Trehan, Alex Kevill and Jane Glover

31. The problem with peer review ... they say as if there's only one problem ... / Keith Townsend, Adrian Wilkinson, Andrew Timming and Rebecca Loudoun

32. My research journey in the offline and online world of social media / Samreen Ashraf

33. Scribble, leave it, type it, change it / Mark N.K. Saunders

34. 'I'm over it ...' / Peter J. Jordan

35. The skill of bouncing back: A toolkit for developing resilience in academia / Mollie Bryde-Evens and Rebecca Beech

36. I have left the country, but the project continues / Stefan Jooss

37. To dean, or not to dean, that is the question / Jenna Ward.

Notes:

Description based on print record.

ISBN:

9781035332724 (e-book)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.