Universität Wien

390018 KU PhD-M: Academic Research Writing & Publishing (2024W)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 39 - Doktoratsstudium Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Continuous assessment of course work
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Mo 13.01. 09:00-16:30 Digital

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Details

max. 15 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Wednesday 15.01. 09:00 - 16:30 Digital
  • Friday 17.01. 09:00 - 16:30 Digital

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This course aims at improving students’ academic writing skills, and help them to publish papers in leading journals. The course is an intensive one-week course, where participants are expected to focus exclusively on this course. Participants are expected to bring a piece of writing to the first class. This can be a draft of a conference paper or a draft of a regular paper. The goal of the course is to revise the paper after each day of the PhD course. At the end of the course, the initial paper should be handed in together with a substantially revised version of that paper. Students should also hand in a report in which they explain how they revised the paper along the lines discussed in this course. In addition, participants are expected to take part in the discussions.
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Assessment and permitted materials

Students are asked to revise a piece of text (e.g., a conference paper, etc.) using the macro- and micro-principles taught in this course. The students are supposed to hand in three documents: (a) the original document, (b) the revised document (ideally with track changes), (c) a document describing the specific changes. The assessment is based on the quality and thoroughness of the revisions.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

First writing experience (in English). Please note that attendance is expected on all three days. Please bring a written piece of writing (ideally a full paper) to the first class. Please also identify a paper that you really like and bring it to the first class.

Examination topics

Reading list

Pinker, Steven (2014). The source of bad writing. The Wall Street Journal.
https://www.wetenschappelijkschrijven.nl/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Essay-The-Curse-of-Knowledge-by-Steven-Pinker.pdf
(This is a just a warm-up reading).

Bem, Daryl J. (2000), "Writing an empirical article." Guide to Publishing in Psychology Journals: 2-20.
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.687.6970&rep=rep1&type=pdf
(Please note that Bem was harshly criticized for some of his work; nevertheless, I consider this paper as very helpful)

Grant, Adam M., and Timothy G. Pollock (2011), "Publishing in AMJ—Part 3: Setting the hook." Academy of Management Journal, 54.5:873-879.
https://journals.aom.org/doi/full/10.5465/amj.2011.4000

Pollock, Timothy G., and Joyce E. Bono (2013), "Being Scheherazade: The importance of storytelling in academic writing." Academy of Management Journal, 56.3:629-634.
https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/0d2a/b189d7e02d51ef0db4bfa69e2f8133667b2b.pdf

Rynes, S. (2002) "Some reflections on contribution." Academy of Management Journal, 45.2: 311-313.

Day 2

McCloskey, Donald (1985), "Economical writing." Economic Inquiry 23.2: 187-222.
http://w.deirdremccloskey.com/docs/pdf/Article_86.pdf

Williams, Joseph (1990). Toward Clarity and Grace. Chicago: The University of Chicago.
https://sites.duke.edu/niou/files/2014/07/WilliamsJosephM1990StyleTowardClarityandGrace.pdf
(I consider this book as the “bible” for good writing)

Day 3

Shaw, Jason D. (2012) "Responding to reviewers." Academy of Management Journal, 1261-1263.
https://journals.aom.org/doi/abs/10.5465/amj.2012.4006?journalCode=amj

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