This document provides guidance for new doctoral students on various aspects of conducting research and writing papers. It covers crafting research, asking questions and finding answers, making claims and supporting arguments, planning and revising papers. It also discusses doing research, identifying significant research questions, relating practical and research problems, and using new theories and methods. Finally, it lists some relevant professional organizations and recommends reading materials.

1. A Talk to New Doctoral Students Der Chao Chen Assistant Professor of Strategy Department of Business Administration National Central University September 25, 2009 Seminar on POM

3. Crafting Your Research

4. Some presentation material in this section derived from Booth, W. G., G. G. Colomb, and J. M. Williams. 2008. The Craft of Research , 3rd ed. Chicago: University Of Chicago Press.

11. Writing Your Paper

18. Process of Producing Academic Papers Writing Submission Review Revise & Resubmit Reject Accept

19. Cited from Ireland, R. (2008, June). YOUR MANUSCRIPT'S JOURNEY THROUGH THE AMJ REVIEW PROCESS. Academy of Management Journal , 51 (3), 409-412. Retrieved September 18, 2008, from AOM Archive database .

20. Doing Your Research

22. The relationship between practical and research problem Practical Problem motivates Research Question defines Research Problem leads to Research Answer helps to solve Adopted from Booth, Colomb, and Williams (2008: 53)

24. Doing Your Research OLD NEW Questions New Research Methods OLD How will you pose your research?

25. Doing Your Research OLD NEW Questions New Theories OLD How will you pose your research?

27. Professional Organizations related with Your Fields

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