You know you're in management research when..
1. Finding an article in 'fulltext' online thrills you
2. You spend a big part of your life searching for treasures on the internet (files that end with .pdf and .xls..the kinds that will take too long to mail across)
3. Scholar.google.com is your homepage
4. You are signed up for most, if not all, listservs and journal mailing lists possible in your research area and related topics..'related' topics cover a broad spectrum of subjects
5. Significant results mean everything to you-your definition of significance is at the 0.05/0.01 level-so when someone who's not from management says something is significant, you wonder whether its at 0.05 or at the 0.01 level!
6. You dream of SPSS/AMOS outputs
7. Conference deadlines rule your life
8. You're smiling to yourself at an idea you just had-which strike at the most awkward moments-while talking to someone about a serious, totally unrelated issue, or at 2am..
9. You see theoretical models everywhere!
10. Your powerpoint slides have more text than diagrams (this point courtesy my friends in computer science!)
(Friends feel free to add to my list..)
I too am a management researcher.. Still trying to manage my research ;)
ReplyDeleteCome on, there must be more to it then just 10 points.
ReplyDeleteNo research can be modelled as an evil monster with just 10 faces.
hey bhai..the world's most well known villian had only ten faces..and look what he did..caused Ramayana to happen! ;)
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