Books
I have great respect and admiration for authors who can present well research knowledge in an easy to understand format, thus making it more accessible for more readers. This section is devoted to such books.
Methods to start a creative process and generate ideas for research
There are many ways to contribute to theory and potentially fruitful avenues of research, and reading top research articles, it can seem obvious and self-evident. However, most people who have tried to come up with interesting research ideas, know it is far from...
Ways of Making a Theoretical Contribution
In the book: Theory Construction and Model building skills, Jaccard & Jacoby outline 16 ways to make a theoretical contribution when conducting research. These are introduced in chapter 3, and numbered from 1 to 16. Each is elaborated on in subsequent chapters. I...
Style guide for academic writing
There are many - very many - styles in academia. At times, it seems every journal has their own style, which differs just a little from others; seemingly with the intent to frustrate a submitting author (or to act as a last-ditch attempt to stop those who just submit...
Better writing by large and small cuts
Giants in the field of how to write well recommend brutal editing of ones own text; often said as: "murder your darlings". The advice is sound. A rule of thumb may be that one should have half the words left of the original draft. Some key points: Cut any parts that...
Sensemaking in Organizations: Karl Weick
A book I am intending to read; Sensemaking in Organizations by Karl Weick. However, until I do, I came accross a nice summary of the concept here: https://www.epicpeople.org/sensemaking-in-organizations/ Sensemaking has seven properties (Weick, 1995): Identity and...
One of the biggest cases of academic fraud: Diederik Stapel
Reading about Diederik Stapel reminds me of the quote from Walter Scott: "Oh, What a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive". To list the full extent of his fraud, (including advising 20 Phd's, many of whom used data he had faked), do visit the...
Superforecasting – The art and science of prediction
A great new book by Philip Tetlock and Dan Gardner, based on a long running experiment where masses of people have made predictions on a wide variety of topics. They have analyzed the data and found some traits common to those who consistently make good predictions,...
The time paradox
How we see time, the future, the past and present dictate how we live and see the world. In this book Philip Zimbardo puts it all in perspective. Do also see the books website at: http://www.thetimeparadox.com/ For a brief, but informative introduction, look at...