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Textbooks and journal articles on research methods are rarely of help regarding what to do when your research project goes off track. This book addresses this important, and usually hidden, aspect of research by providing students and researchers with insider insights, advice and lessons about the difficulties in the research process. Written by experienced researchers, PhD supervisors and examiners, it should prepare the reader for all that can go wrong when researching a PhD or any large research project.
The starting point of each chapter is the acceptance that research projects do not always go smoothly. Researchers must find ways to jump through a myriad of invisible hoops and over a plethora of hurdles of unknown heights to guide their research, from conceptualisation of worthwhile projects to the completion and dissemination to a range of different audiences. The book is divided into four sections: ‘getting started’, ‘getting data’, ‘getting it together’, and ‘getting finished’. Each section comprises chapters followed by short vignettes – all of which offer insights into researchers facing real-world problems or not quite getting things right in the first instance.
This ground breaking book will give hope to the early-career researcher, the PhD or Masters student, and provide experienced academics with reinvigoration and new perspectives on the research process.
Contributors: H.T.J. Bainbridge, M. Baird, T. Bartram, P. Black, I. Bregoli, K. Cafferkey, J. Carins, J. Cavanagh, K.L. Daunt, D.C. Duke, A. Gatsinzi, J. Glover, D.E. Gray, C. Hughes, N. Isaeva, P.J. Jordan, A. Kellner, A. Kevill, C. Khoo-Lattimore, J. Kilroy, W.M. Kwiatkowski, A. Lee, B. Lee, Q.Y. Lee, R. Loudoun, A.M. McDermott, H. Meacham, S. Qaiyum, C. Rojon, S. Rundle-Thiele, M.N.K. Saunders, H. Short, C. Stock, R. Talwar, K. Townsend, K. Trehan, C.L. Wang, D. Yunga
Show moreTextbooks and journal articles on research methods are rarely of help regarding what to do when your research project goes off track. This book addresses this important, and usually hidden, aspect of research by providing students and researchers with insider insights, advice and lessons about the difficulties in the research process. Written by experienced researchers, PhD supervisors and examiners, it should prepare the reader for all that can go wrong when researching a PhD or any large research project.
The starting point of each chapter is the acceptance that research projects do not always go smoothly. Researchers must find ways to jump through a myriad of invisible hoops and over a plethora of hurdles of unknown heights to guide their research, from conceptualisation of worthwhile projects to the completion and dissemination to a range of different audiences. The book is divided into four sections: ‘getting started’, ‘getting data’, ‘getting it together’, and ‘getting finished’. Each section comprises chapters followed by short vignettes – all of which offer insights into researchers facing real-world problems or not quite getting things right in the first instance.
This ground breaking book will give hope to the early-career researcher, the PhD or Masters student, and provide experienced academics with reinvigoration and new perspectives on the research process.
Contributors: H.T.J. Bainbridge, M. Baird, T. Bartram, P. Black, I. Bregoli, K. Cafferkey, J. Carins, J. Cavanagh, K.L. Daunt, D.C. Duke, A. Gatsinzi, J. Glover, D.E. Gray, C. Hughes, N. Isaeva, P.J. Jordan, A. Kellner, A. Kevill, C. Khoo-Lattimore, J. Kilroy, W.M. Kwiatkowski, A. Lee, B. Lee, Q.Y. Lee, R. Loudoun, A.M. McDermott, H. Meacham, S. Qaiyum, C. Rojon, S. Rundle-Thiele, M.N.K. Saunders, H. Short, C. Stock, R. Talwar, K. Townsend, K. Trehan, C.L. Wang, D. Yunga
Show moreContents:
1. Shit happens, but you have a job to do!
Keith Townsend and Mark N.K. Saunders
PART I GETTING STARTED
2. Developing research ideas
Bill Lee
3. On the path to enlightenment? Reviewing the literature
systematically – or not
Céline Rojon
4. The Master and Apprentice: Lessons from two PhD supervisors and
a recent PhD graduate
Jillian Cavanagh, Hannah Meacham and Timothy Bartram
5. “Finders, keepers, losers, weepers!”: A doctoral candidate’s
reality of changing thesis advisors
Polly Black
6. Reply all, tweets and social media: Technological friends for
developing a professional identity that need to be treated with
care
Hugh T.J. Bainbridge
7. Coming up with a research question: opinions, feedback, and
networking
Deisi Yunga
PART II GETTING DATA
8. Finding Epistemology
Neve Isaeva
9. Bounce back, firewalls and legal threats: reaching respondents
using Internet Questionnaires
Mark N.K. Saunders and David E. Gray
10. Finding the truth amongst conflicting evidence
Heather Short
11. Rolling with the punches
Sharyn Rundle-Thiele, Julia Carins and Christiane Stock
12. Access, Involvement and Interference: encounters and
experiences of case studies
Kenneth Cafferkey
13. Is a pilot necessary?
Polly Black
14. The precarious nature of access
Wojciech Marek Kwiatkowski
15. The diminishing dissertation: seven cases to three+
Ashlea Kellner
16. So, I Guess We’re Probably Finished Then
Keith Townsend
17. Your Incentives are Too Lucrative: Caution in Rewarding
Interview Participants
Catheryn Khoo-Lattimore
18. Sales Skills for Researchers
Colin Hughes
19. Being flexible in interviews: Make sure that you account for
power imbalance
Qian Yi Lee
PART III GETTING IT TOGETHER
20 . “… just one goat”: The importance of interpretation in
qualitative data analysis
Keith Townsend and Rebecca Loudoun
21. Analysing Quantitative Data
Sameer Qaiyum and Catherine L. Wang
22. When the words just won’t come
Dawn C. Duke
23. I’m a paper person or maybe not?
Ilenia Bregoli
24. A Mug of Stress
Rohit Talwar
25. Excuse me… Should that comma be there? Dealing with awkward
questions.
Kenneth Cafferkey
26. Finding the time to progress your research, and the big lie
that you are part of!
Jennifer Kilroy
PART IV GETTING FINISHED
27. Authorship in Action
Kate L. Daunt and Aoife M. McDermott
28. ‘They think I'm stupid’: Dealing with supervisor feedback
Amanda Lee
29. Grasping roses or nettles? Losing and finding ourselves in
research projects
Kiran Trehan, Alex Kevill and Jane Glover
30. Using social media to enhance your research
Angelique Gatsinzi
31. Organisations, clients and feminists: Getting in, coming back
and having fun
Marian Baird
32. Born to… write, rewrite and rewrite again
Mark N.K. Saunders
33. ‘I’m over it …’
Peter J. Jordan
Index
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
'Stories of the conception, undertaking and writing of research
projects can be as valuable as the books, theses and papers
themselves. But we tend to suppress or side-line these stories,
especially when projects deviate from planned, expected or approved
paths. This richly detailed and entertaining book provides
much-needed openness about the agonies of real-world research, such
as failure to gain access to research sites, data being lost,
unworkable ethical governance frameworks, breakdowns in
professional relationships, inabilities to find the words, and
those ''what the hell just happened?'' moments that can ambush even
the most seasoned field researcher. This book is an indispensable
guide to the twists and turns of the research journey, from the
initial ideas scrawled on the back of a beer mat to the publishing
of a major academic work.'
--Leo McCann, University of Manchester, UK'This is an accessibly
written and multi-faceted edited collection which illustrates the
myriad of experiences and challenges that researchers may have to
face. It is an engaging book which invites the reader to consider
the various issues entailed in ''doing research'' and, crucially,
how to negotiate and enjoy the journey. It makes a fresh and
important addition to the literature.'
--MariaLaura Di Domenico, University of Surrey, UK'This is a
must-read for all PhD students, postgraduate supervisors and early-
to mid-career researchers. The authors demonstrate the inevitable
challenges that arise when conducting research and offer practical
and insightful solutions. Read this book - and learn from the
best.'
--Maura Sheehan, Edinburgh Napier University, UK
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