Curation of Social Media Posts
on Academic Life

Lately, I've noticed many more #faculty using #socialmedia to promote their work. I think it's great. It means academics are learning to...

While a student, it is easy to get used to having your advisor's attention. Usually, you will have a fixed meeting schedule, see them...

Research.com forwarded the "good news" that I was one of the top 1000 most influential social scientists in the United States. When I...

At a mixer recently, I was asked, "why did you join Temple University." I responded without thought: "I joined because I believe in its...

In 2011 or so, an endowed chair in my discipline told me that my style of research was dead. I had just given a talk on mindfulness &...

Occasionally, an editor will stop sending papers to an entire review panel. This typically happens in late rounds of the review process....

Usually, the #secondrevision is the most critical round of review. At this point, you will be offering your #thirdassessment of a paper....

Worth a read and conversation at every #editorialboard meeting in the next year. Business #research needs to become more accessible to...

After reviewing a paper, you will receive a courtesy copy of the review package that includes the editor’s decision, the editor’s advice,...

I was asked how to write a good review. The question, from a #PhDstudent, made me smile because my understanding of reviewing has...

Refereed journal papers have been the gold standard for decades. In my discipline, we ascribe power to peer #review -mainly double-blind...

Writing your first academic paper is a challenge - esp. if you have returned from industry to academe. While what is expected varies...

For people interested in managing and retaining IT professionals, preprints of my paper "Workgroup Embeddedness and Professionalism Among...

Good teams require good collaborators; however, even with the best collaborators, it does not mean that you will have a good team. I was...

Having written a piece on how to prepare for #comprehensiveexams (comps), I was asked how I approached evaluating responses to questions....

Many #PhD programs offer #comprehensiveexams (comps) in June & July. Comps assess #PhDstudents understanding of their discipline & their...

In many college towns, a diaspora occurs in April. As students leave, the faculty scatter. Some take holidays, some start summer...

I'm hearing more faculty complain about ideas being "borrowed", "lifted", or "outright stolen". The complaints usually surface after...

After a harsh comment on my work, I was asked, "how do you keep moving forward?" After 20 or so years as a professor, I've learned that...

Now available at MIS Quarterly - my paper with Deborah Compeau and John Correia on when to update constructs and measures. You can find...