Research Idea Life Cycle Birth focus is on

Research Idea Life Cycle Ø Birth – focus is on the antecedents and/or outcomes of a new construct. Ø Growth – focus is on moving beyond main effects – mediating and moderating processes. Ø Maturity – organizing and synthesizing research findings – meta analysis. Ø Decline – redirections of scientific inquiry to more fundamental but complex questions. 1 The Surrey Business School 1 www. surrey. ac. uk/sbs

The Concept of Contribution q To contribute is to ‘join with others in a common cause, give ideas, suggestions. ’ Types of contribution Ø contribute knowledge to a scientific discipline- theoretical contribution. Ø apply that knowledge to the practice of that professionpractical contribution. 2 The Surrey Business School 2 www. surrey. ac. uk/sbs

Sources of Contribution Ø Substantive gap – lack of managerial understanding of ‘how’ to… Ø Theoretical gap – insufficient explanation or prediction of some phenomenon – the ‘why’. Ø Empirical gap – lack of studies or inconsistent findings of some phenomenon – the ‘where’ and ‘when’. Ø Contextual gap – generalizability. 3 The Surrey Business School 3 www. surrey. ac. uk/sbs

Which Journal? q All disciplines • Academy of Management Journal; Academy of Management Review; Administrative Science Quarterly … q Human Resources • Personnel Psychology; Human Resource Management … q Organizational Behavior • Journal of Applied Psychology; Journal of Organizational Behavior; Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes … q Strategic Management • Strategic Management Journal q International Business • Journal of International Business Studies; Journal of World Business … q General Management • Journal of Management; Journal of Management Studies … ＊ follow the journal’s style guide ＊ clear and succinct writing style 4 The Surrey Business School 4 www. surrey. ac. uk/sbs