WORKSHOP 2020 - RESEARCH METHODS

HOW TO PERFORM HIGH-QUALITY RESEARCH AND BECOME PUBLISHED IN PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS (Concluded)

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The Workshop was organized by The Institute of Eastern Europe and Central Asia (IEECA) and with support from Webster University, St. Louis, MO.

Venue: Via WebEx URL links to each session separately.

Cost: It was a free of charge event.

Objective: The Workshop aims to discuss topical issues of business research methodology and scientific writing of high-quality articles to be published in Western journals. The two-day event will have business research practitioners who will share their experience and expertise in conducting research. The particular focus would be made on publication during the time of social distancing.

AGENDA:

Tuesday, September 22

9:00 – 9:10 - Welcome by Dr. Julian Schuster, President, Webster University, St. Louis, MO, USA

9:10 - 9:40 - Dr. David Ahlstrom, Professor of Management, Chair of Department of Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong 

9:40 – 10:10 – Dr. Thomas Krueger, Endowed Professor, Chair of Finance and Accounting Department, Texas A&M - Kingsville, USA

10:10 – 10:30 – Dr. Wlodzimierz Sroka. Associate Professor, Deputy Head of Management Department, WSB University, Dabrowa Górnicza, Poland

10:30 – End of Session

Thursday, September 24

9:00 - 9:45 - Dr. David Ahlstrom, Professor of Management, Chair of Department of Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong   

9:45 - 10:10 – Dr. James Hagen, Professor Emeritus, Global Marketing Strategy, Hamline University, St. Paul, MN, USA

10:10 – 10:20 - Dr. Inna Neskorodieva, JEECAR Associate Editor-Ukraine, Associate Professor of Karazin Business School, Kharkiv, Ukraine

10:20 – 10:30 – Dr. Assylbek Nurgabdeshov, Research Professor, Narxoz University, Almaty, Kazakhstan

10:30 – 10:40 - Dr. Charlotte Davis, JEECAR Deputy Editor, Associate Professor of Management, Athens. WV, USA

10:40 – End of Workshop

SPEAKERS:

Dr. David Ahlstrom, Professor and Acting Chair of the Department of Management at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, CUHK Business School. He has also been named by the Clarivate Analytics (formerly Thomson-Reuters) to the list of Highly Cited Researchers for three years running (2017, 2018, and 2019) as one of the world’s top researchers. This award is given to professors and researchers who have demonstrated significant and broad influence by the publication of multiple Highly Cited Papers during the previous ten-years. In 2018, only 96 researchers around the world were identified as Highly Cited Researchers in the Economics & Business field, and in 2019, it was 113. Researchers in this category are in the top 0.1% of all researchers worldwide. Dr. Ahlstrom has published over 150 articles in refereed journals and is also currently Consulting Editor at Asia Pacific Journal of Management and also at Journal of World Business.

Presentation Titles:

  • Tuesday, Session 1: Writing clear research questions:

A good paper often provides a clear and answerable research question in the first paragraph, and if possible, in the first sentence (or even in the paper’s title). A good research question leaves little doubt what the paper will cover while providing boundaries to what can be complicated research topics. A clear research question also makes it easy for the editor and reviewers to understand what the paper will ask and answer and if that paper seems to have something to contribute to the research in that area. The research question also helps authors minimize potential drift from their topic. Many manuscripts, however, fail to provide a clear research question and opening paragraphs that start to situate and motivate the research. Or they provide multiple, loosely related questions that do not properly position the paper in the past literature, which is vital to showing where your paper fits and how it contributes to past work.

  • Thursday, Session 2: Writing your introduction (and outlining your paper) to facilitate publication

After the research question has established the topic and provided some boundaries to the paper, the first part of the paper’s introduction section -- the first two to three paragraphs -- is also very important. For a fairly standard empirical paper in the social sciences, usually right after the research question is posed, the most relevant research previously addressing that question needs to be briefly summarized first. This clarifies the positioning of the paper in past literature. Thus, the first paragraphs of the paper serve to position or situate the paper in the past literature, followed later by the approach the paper will use for the study and the contributions it will make. The early situating and motivating the paper early in the introduction is crucial to showing readers (especially the journal editor and reviewers) what the paper is about, why it was needed, and what it will add to the literature and knowledge (and maybe practice) on the topic.

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 Dr. Thomas Krueger is an Endowed Professor, Chair of our Finance and Accounting department, Chair of the College of Business Administration’s Faculty Development Committee, and Chair of the Faculty Senate’s Faculty Evaluation Committee at Texas A&M University-Kingsville. Dr. Krueger is also well known and respected for his research in finance nationally and internationally.  As of June 2020, Dr. Krueger has authored 80 articles appearing in refereed journals, which have been cited, in aggregate, over 1200 times.  He is currently Associate Editor of the Journal of Finance Issues, and editor of the Refereed Proceedings of the Academy of Finance.

Presentation Title: Discipline-based Difference in Business Journal Characteristics and Quality Measures across the Globe

 Professor Krueger will present research contrasting the journals across multiple business disciplines, including Accounting, Finance, and Information Systems, while including antidotes from research on Marketing journals and Management journals.  A wide variety of journal characteristics from review processes to acceptance rates, to citation rates, are part of the study.  He looks at differences across nations, as well across national lists of quality journals.  Examples of these journal quality lists include Australia’s ABDC list and England’s Academic Journal Guide.  Citations rates are measured using a wide range of bibliometric measures, including JCR, SJR, SNIP, and CiteScores, which are related to various journal characteristics.  This information is of value to the researcher selecting a target journal as well as the administrator trying to assess the scholarship quality. 

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Dr. Charlotte Davis is the Journal JEECAR Deputy Editor and an Associate Professor of Management at Concord University in Athens, WV. Dr. Davis earned her degrees from Texas Tech University, Wayland Baptist University, and the University of Memphis. Her research interests are in the area of expatriate management; employee motivation, culture and HR strategy; immigrant professionals; and grief in the workplace. She teaches courses in International Business, Human Resource Management, Business Ethics, and Principles of Management. She has taught at the University of Memphis, Christian Brothers University (Memphis), Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU), and Concord University. While in Vienna, she taught courses in Global Mindset and Intercultural Competence, and in International Management. She is in charge of an international exchange program between Concord University and Universidad Politécnica de Puebla in Mexico and is working with the Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) program in the State of West Virginia. She holds a CPA, PHR certification, and SHRM-CP certifications.

Dr. Davis will conduct a short presentation, introducing the Journal of Eastern Europe and Central Asian Research, its beginnings, the journey to now, and plans for its future.

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Dr. James Hagen is a Professor Emeritus, Global Marketing Strategy, Hamline University, St. Paul, MN. In addition to his Hamline University appointment, Professor Hagen is a frequent lecturer internationally, with recent visiting appointments at the University of Modena (Italy) and Hosei University (Japan).  Before joining Hamline (USA), he was on the faculty of Cornell University (USA).

His educational background (all in the USA) includes the University of Michigan (Bachelor of Arts, Economics), University of Minnesota (Master of Science, Applied Economics), and University of Illinois (Ph.D. International Business). 

Hagen’s publications include the Academy of Management Review, the Journal of International. Marketing, and the Journal of Developing Areas.  His qualitative articles include several case studies.  His foreign market entry case, “Ben and Jerry’s – Japan,” has been in print for over 20 years and is used in numerous MBA programs globally.  Professor Hagen is a frequent reviewer of articles for conferences and journals (including JEECAR) and has been best-paper judge multiple times for the Association of Japanese Business Studies.

Presentation Title: Case Studies and Qualitative Research

This session includes suggestions and guidance in the following key areas, followed by questions and answers.  

  1. Identifying journals that have a record of publishing qualitative research, including case studies.
  2. Clarifying your purpose(s), whether it be to illustrate a concept for pedagogical purposes or to contribute to an existing or prospective line of scholarly research.
  3. Inventorying your resources, including a grasp of relevant scholarship, and access to specific case details.
  4. Crafting the story in outline form, with adjustments to be sure you are meeting your purpose and obtaining the necessary information.
  5. Writing in the manner that achieves your purpose and suits both your style and that of the target journal(s).

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Dr. Inna Neskorodieva is an Associate Professor of the V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University of School of Business in Ukraine. Dr. Neskorodieva teaches multiple business courses, including Change Management, Marketing Management, and Project Management. She is actively publishing and cooperating with various academic journals and publishers abroad. Currently, Inna Neskorodieva is the Guest Editor of the journal “Propósitos y Representaciones” (San Ignacio de Loyola University, Lima, Peru). Also, she is the Associate Editor of the Journal of Eastern European and Central Asian Research. Besides, Dr. Neskorodieva is a Certified Mediator from the Netherlands Business Academy. Her research interests are in the fields of the financial market, green economy, enterprise solvency, crisis management, and financial risks.

Dr. Neskorodieva will discuss challenges that young researchers from post-Soviet Union universities are encountering when preparing their articles to be published in Western peer-reviewed journals and how to overcome those barriers.  

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Associate Professor Dr. Sroka is a member of the Management Department of WSB University in Dabrowa Górnicza (Poland), an extraordinary professor at North-West University (South Africa) as well as a visiting professor at the University of Johannesburg (South Africa). He specializes in theoretical and practical issues relating to the management and strategic management. He is the author of numerous scientific papers about strategic alliances, network organizations, strategy, restructuring of the company, CSR and business ethics, marketing and customer's behavior, public management as well as innovations and entrepreneurship published both in Polish and international journals and also monographs published by well reputable publishers such as Springer Verlag, Shaker Verlag, and London Scientific. He is Editor in Chief and Deputy Editor in Chief at two journals. Currently, he merges his scientific activity with being the CEO of a medium-size engineering company.

Presentation Title: How to compose a research paper? Editor's perspective

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Dr. Assylbek Nurgabdeshov is a Research Professor and Director of the Narxoz HR Research Center. Assylbek holds a Ph.D. in Strategic Management and International Business from the University of Sheffield, UK, MBA degree from Istanbul Sehir University and B.Sc. in Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering from the Middle East Technical University, Turkey. Before his role at Narxoz University, he was a Dean of Business School at Suleyman Demirel University, Dean of General Education Faculty at Almaty Management University and Head of Science and Innovation Sector at Kazakh British Technical University. He had the experience of being a visiting lecturer at the University of Leicester, UK, Champagne School of Management, Groupe ESC Troyes, France, and Riga International School of Economics and Business Administration (RISEBA), Latvia. His recent research interests have been focused around High-Performance HR Practices, Strategic HRM, International HRM, Outsourcing and Offshoring of R&D activities, the National Innovation System (NIS), Innovation Strategy for emerging countries, knowledge transfer, and sharing. 

Presentation Title: Why systematic literature reviews are important in business management research?

Dr.  Nurgabdeshov will discuss the best approaches for systematic synthesis when reviewing a business management literature. Furthermore, he will discuss the purpose of methodical literature reviews (as compared to other types of literature reviews) and especially their relevance for advancing business management scholarly efforts. Besides, the presenter will discuss the implementation of methodological innovations and best practices when conducting research based on his experience teaching in Kazakhstan and at Western universities.  

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Dr. Nikolay Megits is an Adjunct Professor at Webster University, St. Louis, MO, teaching Macroeconomics and Business courses. Dr. Megits is the Funding Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Eastern European and Central Asian Research. He holds an MBA and a Doctorate in Economics. Dr. Megits is an Academic of the Ukrainian Academy of Economic Sciences. Through his extensive business experience and academic career, Dr. Megits acquired significant expertise in the fields of strategic management, global economics, FDI in emerging markets, and entrepreneurship. In addition to this, he has a strong record in both lecturing and research with over 25 years of international business experience, which includes strategic planning, sales, and import/export practices. Currently, he serves as an International Trade Manager at the Minnesota State Department of Employment and Economics of International Trade Office. Dr. Megits is the Workshop moderator.

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The Workshop Completion Certificates were provided. 

Questions: Contact Dr. Nikolay Megits, Journal JEECAR Editor-in-Chief nmegits@gmail.com +1-612-986-2838