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Rupanwita DashCorporate Strategy & Policy
WRITING SKILLS DURING PHD: THE RHETORIC AND
THE REALITY
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YEAR-WISE WRITING
Year 1 Coursework
• Preliminary Term papers
• Early scan of potential ideas: Literature
Year 2Coursework• Importan
t Term papers
• Comprehensive scan of potential ideas: Questions
Comprehensive Exams
Year 5: 2nd half
• Building your research program
• Journal submissions
Year 5: 1st half
• Preparing your essay(s) for Journal submission
Year 4
• Dissertation writing
• Conference submission
WHAT WE WRITE DURING PHD?
Term papers
1. Review papers
2. Conceptual papers
3. Research proposals
4. Empirical papers
Proposal
Essay (s) conference and journal submissions
Dissertation
1. REVIEW PAPERS
Identifying a domain for review
Scope of review: breadth and depth
Search process
Structure
Chronological
Thematic
Theoretical underpinning
Outcomes
2. CONCEPTUAL PAPER
Goal: to identify a point in the research frontier
Process: extensive review of literature on a reasonably narrow topic and thoughtful analysis
Outcome: propositions
Benefits: free of data, measurement, methods constraints
3. EMPIRICAL PAPER: BASICS
Telling a story
What question you are answering?
Why this question is interesting?
How are you going to find the answer?
The answer
‘One’ central and novel contribution of your paper
Situating your work as part of an ongoing scholarly conversation
Creative use of figures, robustness checks
Organization
3. EMPIRICAL PAPER: ORGANIZATION
Title and Abstract
Introduction
Literature review, Theory and Hypotheses
Data and Method
Results and Discussion
References
Appendices
DOs & DONTs
Think of your reader
Keep it humble and free of drama
Resist recounting the entire journey
Keep it short and simple
Describe – Explain – Compare alternatives
Own your work
Writing style
WHERE DO I START?
Building a folder of exemplar papers
Regular writing Summary of papers read
Class discussion notes
Blogs
Revise, rewrite
Sign up for peer review
Friendly review among peers
THANK YOU
1. “Writing for Scholarly publication” by Anne S. Huff2. “Elements of Style” by William Strunk, Jr.3. “Publishing in AMJ” series in 2011-124. Reviewer resource materials from AOM site