Monday, July 13, 2009

Golden-Biddle and Locke (2007)- Ch. 1

Golden-Biddle and Locke (2007) discussed in this book research composition worthy of publication. The authors in chapter 1 mentioned “the style and practice of our academic writing.” Emphasizing the role of researchers as “writers, ” the authors pointed out the significance of reflecting upon the following questions “what do we write?” “For whom do we write?” “Under what terms will our writing be granted a disciplinary audience?” in academic writings.

Also, the authors emphasize that our research articles provide coherent stories that point to particular theoretical contribution. The knowledge in the article should be seen as true and significant by small and big groups of reviewers representing communities. And the authors finally maintain that the writing task involves four components: 1. Acidulating theoretically relevant insights gained from research and study 2. Identifying and shaping a contribution site 3. Authoritatively arguing the uniqueness and value of the literature’s limitations, 4. Characterizing academic storytellers.

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