4Ws approach: Getting hooked on scientific story-telling, 2019-2020

Semester

Semester 1, 2019-2020

Type of course

Methodological and Practical Courses

Date

November 28 and November 29, 2019

Location

University of Amsterdam, Roeterseiland complex

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Duration

2 days

Maximum number of participants

20

ECTS

1 EC will be appointed for participation in the complete course

Staff

Prof. dr. Diana Boer (Goethe-Universitat Frankfurt), Prof. dr. Astrid Homan (UvA).

Please note: this course is only open for PhD-students who already participated in the KLI course 'How to publish and review', as we build upon the skills and knowledge students acquired during that course.

Content
Within this course, we will aim specifically at further developing students’ scientific story-telling using the 4W approach. The teaching staff will provide a short lecture on effective writing, the writing process, and how you can most convincingly tell a story. Attendees will be given the opportunity to work on the introductory paragraphs of a working paper and give each other feedback during the course.

Learning goals
1) Implementing the 4Ws approach in your paper, specifically in the introduction.
2) Understanding the role of story-telling in paper writing, and how to interest your audience. 
3) Getting greater insights into the publication process both from an author’s and reviewer’s / editor’s perspective.

Preparation
1) Reading the core readings before the course. Additional readings are strongly recommended.
2) Two weeks before the course, students submit the introductory paragraphs of a paper they are working on. This introduction contains the three/four/five paragraphs in which you provide a general introduction to your topic and explain the goals of your research, and in which you introduce the important variables and your research question. This section precedes the theoretical background and should preferably be between one and three pages text.
3) Bring your own laptop to the course.

Literature
Core readings
-Colquitt, J. A., & George, G. (2011). Publishing in AMJ—part 1: Topic choice. Academy of Management Journal, 54, 432-435.
-Grant, A. M., & Pollock, T. G. (2011). Publishing in AMJ—part 3: Setting the hook. Academy of Management Journal, 54, 873-879.
-Schminke, M. (2004). From the editors: Raising the bamboo curtain. Academy of Management Journal, 47, 310-314.

Additional readings
-Bono, J. E., & McNamara, G. (2011). Publishing in AMJ—part 2: Research design. Academy of Management Journal, 54, 657-660.
-Geletkanycz, M., & Tepper, B. J. (2012). Publishing in AMJ–part 6: Discussing the implications. Academy of Management Journal, 55, 256-260.
-Sparrowe, R. T., & Mayer, K. J. (2011). Publishing in AMJ—part 4: Grounding hypotheses. Academy of Management Journal, 54, 1098-1102.
-Zhang, Y., & Shaw, J. D. (2012). Publishing in AMJ—part 5: Crafting the methods and results. Academy of Management Journal, 55, 8-12.