Moving Successfully Through the Research Journey

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Moving Successfully Through the Research Journey

• Henri Burgers
• Dominique Keeffe
• Diaswati Mardiasmo

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Diaswati (Asti) Mardiasmo

• Pre-confirmation PhD (School of Management)
• Thesis Reconciling engineering asset management
  and asset governance
• Research interest governance, engineering asset
  management, business in Asia, International buss
  strategy, negotiation
• Main successes
• Fee waiver top up scholarships
• International conferences
• United Nations internship
• Main challenges
• Balancing 4 different Astis
• Timelines time vs thorough research

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Dominique Keeffe

• Confirmed PhD (School of AMPR)
• Thesis Antecedents of consumer misbehaviour in
  professional services
• Research interest services marketing, emotions,
  consumer behavior, deviance, and equity
• Main successes
• Best Doctoral Paper Award ? book chapter
• International conferences (Iceland, UK, US, NZ)
• Confirmed PhD within 10 months
• Main challenges
• Finding research participants
• Selecting opportunities

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Henri Burgers

• Research fellow in School of Management
• Research interests (corporate) entrepreneurship,
  innovation, new business development, strategic
  renewal, project management, knowledge transfer
• Main successes
• Publications in A and A journals
• Two book chapters
• Major academic conferences
• Main challenges
• Managing your supervisors
• Grand design of your research ? not too broad not
  too narrow

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Key Topics

• Research design scope and timeline
• Supervisory relationship
• Research participants, funding, freedom
• Conferences and publications
• Opportunities outside research teaching,
  committees, going international
• Work and life balance

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Any questions?

• Thank you
• PS. Dont forget your list of suggestions to take
  home and ponder