This document summarizes key points from a research fellowship presentation. It discusses motivation for doing research, including internal drives like curiosity and external factors like career goals. It outlines challenges in starting research and provides strategies for crafting a researchable topic, including focusing on an important question and reviewing relevant literature. The presentation emphasizes developing a clear narrative and contribution, choosing appropriate publication outlets, and using clear writing.

1. Research Fellowship Conclusions Fellowship Summary
research talk 101

2. JAIN University
professor of strategic HRM,
head- research in management,
brand ambassador, Asian HR Board, India
mm.bagali@jainuniversity.ac.in
www.linkedin.com/in/mmbagali
mm bagali, phd
CMS Business School / Bangalore

3. Preparation 2 years
in advance
1995 First PhD
2008 Second PhD
Guided 6
Guiding 11
Managing around 90
Co-Guide 15
CMS Business School / Bangalore
Idea
Idea
Idea
Reviewing
Personal research
map….

5. Motivation:
Why should I do research?

6. Motivation:
Why should I do research?
• Internal drive
o Research interest (sense of achievement / fulfillment, curiosity)
o Strong ambition (self-expectation)
o Rejuvenated
• External drive
o Degree and diploma
o Parents, teachers, friends
o Peer pressure (sense of honor and responsibility)
o Small success
o I have PhD…. Security

7. Focus…..
Discover….. Create…..Explore
Knowledge creation
New direction
New approach
Others start thinking

9. Challenges !!!
• How do I start
• Where Do I start from
• What do I do ….
• Why I should with this stuff?

10. 3 category of Writing !!!

11. Craft a Researchable Story/ picture that captures
BOTH ….. HEART and MIND
What general area or topic do you want to focus on? Why?
What specific review question will you address?
Is it specific enough?
Where is this question from?
Why is it important or interesting?
Who is the review for? Practitioners? Researchers? Both?
What type of literature review do you want to do?

12. Focus…..
What are the key theories, concepts and
ideas?
What are the main questions and
problems that have been addressed to
date?
What are the major issues and debates
about the topic?
How has knowledge in the topic been
structured and organized? How have approaches to these
questions increased our understanding
and knowledge?
What are the origins and definitions of
the topic?
What are the key sources?
What's your direction !!!

13. Leads to …..
Theory Building
Theoretical Framing
Foundation
Framework
Design….. Add/ Don’t add/ Cant
add…..
Be clear about the scope/boundaries
of the review
Formulate clear review questions
Make extensive efforts to find ALL
the relevant literature

14. CIMO - context, intervention, mechanism,
outcome
What general area or topic do you want to focus
on? Why?
What specific review question will you address?
Is it specific enough?
Where is this question from? Why is it important
or interesting?
Who is the review for? Practitioners?
Researchers? Both?
What type of literature review do you want to
do?

15. Your narrative flow
• Here is a problem
• It’s an interesting problem
• It’s an unsolved problem
• Here is my idea
• My idea works (details, data)
• Here’s how my idea compares to other people’s
approaches
• Howwwww ????

16. Your narrative flow
Here’s how my idea compares to other people’s
approaches
Step 1….Failure to place the study in the broader context
Step 2 …. Old or out-dated
Step 3….. Literature not relevant to the study
Step 4 …. Too short or too long study
Step 5 …. The literature argues against itself

17. Sources…..
Conference papers
Books
Working papers or unpublished papers
Documents on the internet
Personal requests to knowledgeable
researchers and/or practitioners
Reports from relevant institutions:
companies, public bodies etc

18. tell how this research work make
LIFE BETTER

19. 19
The Key Ingredients of
Research: Contribution
• One major contribution is better than
many small ones
• Which journal
• The years to refer
• What is the contribution type?
o Knowledge discovery, invention,
integration, application
• Identify, describe, and demonstrate
the big idea
• Asking the right problem, then asking
the problem right

20. The skeleton
• What is the problem
• Motivation and goals
• Relevant state of the art
• What is your key idea/contribution
• Why is your approach good/better
• What I just said and what I want to do next

21. Use simple language
FREE OF
JARGONS

22. some observation
Clear sentence / clarity
Straight to point
Repetitions
Logic flow
Complex language
Dense sentence
Too many jargon
Hanging at a point
Connectivity / thread

23. How to Get Published in Internationally
Refereed Business Journals
How to Get Published in Internationally Refereed
Business Journals

24. Formulating a Publication Strategy
Understanding the Publication Process
Structuring a Research Article/ Paper
Significance on Abstract and Introduction section
Adequate Literature Search
Choice of an Appropriate Methodology
Presenting results
Reference presentation and style of presenting
The Right form of Tables, graphs, Figure, Diagrams
The Length and Style of Presenting (formatting the
paper)

25. Innovative content
New research questions
Looking at an old problem in new way
The hotness of the topic
Should have practical value
Avoid too technical terms
Novel approach / novel answers
Break through contribution
New set of variables, not considered in earlier study
How it helps manage the problem differently
Introduce a novel perspective to an existing problem

26. Journals??.... Impact, Citations, References,
Frequency with which the Journal Article is/ are cited in other Peer reviewed Jl
Cited after your paper publication (within 2 years)
Based on Three year period
The composition of Editorial Board
Periodicity
Indicates the importance of that jl to Research world/ researchers
Categorizing the jl under quality areas
Limitations …
New and Old
Availability and Non availability
Concept papers not cited much

28. Thank you

29. get connected
mm.bagali@jainuniversity.ac.in
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30. get connected
mm.bagali@jainuniversity.ac.in
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