What to expect as an emergent researcher in Management? That was the debate on the challenges of the Ph.D. journey discussed in the online event that has taken place online on 7.10.2021. This workshop was organized by the team implementing Read more
What to expect as an emergent researcher? That was the debate on the challenges of the Ph.D. journey discussed in the online event that has taken place online on 20.10.2021. The event was a pre-conference workshop, opening the series of events Read more
Without intellectual curiosity, research is pure opportunism. I do not conceive research without intellectual curiosity. Social phenomena, the same as the natural ones, simply exist. Researchers do not produce them. A researcher does research because they wonder why a phenomenon Read more
This paper summarizes a workshop organized as part of the Academic Advance Project on the 22nd of October, 2021, at the National University of Political Studies and Public Administration (SNSPA). The roundtable gathered members of academia to discuss the importance Read more
When conducting research, a thorough explanation of the employed methodology must be made to be deemed scientific and subsequently accepted for publication in a journal following a process of (blind) peer review (which is anonymous). There are two types of Read more
Shortly: you may receive many rejections, encounter delays, or, worse, get no answers. Working in academia implies an uphill battle to make your research available to the scientific community by publishing your articles in the most relevant journals in your Read more
In The Division of Labor in Society (2008), Emile Durkheim claims that humanity, as it evolved from a primitive society to an industrial one, underwent shifts ranging from a low to a high division of labor, from social solidarity based on resemblance Read more
We observe in universities around the world a general practice to focus professors’ evaluation on the performance of research, despite various critics related to a narrowing of the research interests, increased control of the system by the elite researchers, avoidance Read more
Cognitive scientists discovered that a good discussion should not have more than 5 basic ideas. Thus, when young researchers ask me what are the secrets of a successful research project, in business, in publishing valuable papers, or preparing a Ph.D. Read more
The academic system has lately started to borrow and implement management techniques specific to the private sector to enhance organizational performance. However, several voices underlined that these approaches are partially inadequate to the academic environment because academic management is a Read more
