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Guiding the Use of Grounded Theory in Doctoral
Studies - An Example from the
Australian Film Industry
By Michael Jones, Irit Alony © 2011. Informing Science Institute
International Journal of Doctoral Studies, Volume 6
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Selecting the most appropriate research method is one of the most difficult problems facing a
doctoral researcher. Grounded Theory is presented here as a method of choice as it is detailed,
rigorous, and systematic, yet it also permits flexibility and freedom.
Grounded Theory offers many benefits to research in Information Systems as it is suitable for the
investigation of complex multifaceted phenomena. It is also well equipped to explore socially
related issues. Despite existing criticism, it is a rigorous and methodical research approach capable
of broadening the perceptions of those in the research community... |
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Keywords
Research methodology, Grounded Theory, Knowledge Management, Qualitative Methods.
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A Cultural Repertoire of Practices
in Doctoral Education
By Karri A. Holley © 2011. Informing Science Institute
International Journal of Doctoral Studies, Volume 6
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79-94 Page(s)
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Culture is frequently characterized as a concept with which students must contend to succeed in
college as well as a distinct, consistent characteristic of the institution. This article focuses on culture
as an active repertoire of behaviors, beliefs, and actions that include symbols of meaning and
cultural practices selectively used by group members. Using the example of doctoral student socialization,
the study considers how students organize and interpret culture, rather than simply
how culture organizes individuals... |
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Keywords
doctoral student socialization, academic disciplines, culture, research practices, qualitative
inquiry
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The Road to Doctoral Success and Beyond
By Veronica Castro, Elda E. Garcia, Javier Cavazos Jr., Alma Y. Castro © 2011. Informing Science Institute
International Journal of Doctoral Studies, Volume 6
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The purpose of this study is to gain an understanding of the experiences of women that lead them
to pursue a Ph.D in Counseling, as well a study of their experiences in their doctoral program.
The goal of this study is to identify those factors related to women's academic success. This study
applies the resiliency and emotional intelligence (EI) framework to analyze the subjects experiences.
Another construct related to EI and resilience, Antonovsky's (1987) theory of coherence, employed to explain the way in which the subjects converted negative external factors into
achievement motivation... |
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resiliency, academic achievement, women, doctoral students, sense of coherence
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Empowering Doctoral Candidates in Finding
Relevant Concepts in a Literature Set
By Naomi Dreher, Heinz Dreher © 2011. Informing Science Institute
International Journal of Doctoral Studies, Volume 6
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Research activity connects prior findings with new and emerging ideas in the hope of attracting
attention of those in the community who are able to make some sort of profit from the application
of those ideas. Finding relevant concepts from among the vast repository of already published
ideas is an important challenge for all researchers. Nowadays, there is ample opportunity to take
advantage of the empowering aspects of developments in information technology. In this study,
we share some ideas to efficiently and effectively find relevant concepts in a given literature set... |
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Keywords
literature search, literature review, skim reading, concept search, concept tagging,
concept mining, text mining, find and tag method, methodology.
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Feeling the Doctorate:
Is Doctoral Research that Studies the Emotional
Labor of Doctoral Students Possible?
By Liora Nutov, Orit Hazzan © 2011. Informing Science Institute
International Journal of Doctoral Studies, Volume 6
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Why is it important to study the emotional labor of doctoral students? And
second, can the topic "The emotional labor of doctoral students while conducting their doctoral
research" in itself constitute a topic for a doctoral dissertation? |
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Emotional Labor; Social Sciences; Doctoral Dissertation; Doctoral Studies.
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An Evaluation of the Psychometric Properties
of the Graduate Advising Survey
for Doctoral Students
By Benita J. Barnes, Linda A. Chard, Edward W. Wolfe, Martha L.A. Stassen, Elizabeth A. Williams © 2011. Informing Science Institute
International Journal of Doctoral Studies, Volume 6
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Graduate advisors are reputed to be the most important persons that a graduate student will interact
with during his/her graduate training. However, research indicates that some graduate students
are not satisfied with the quality of their advising experiences. As a result, there has been national
interest in understanding the nature and quality of graduate students' advising experiences. In this
study the dimensional structure, psychometric properties, and differential item functioning of the
Graduate Student Advising Survey that measured various aspects of the advising experiences of
master's and doctoral students from across various disciplines were examined... |
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Keywords
Doctoral Advising, Survey
Instrument, Psychometric Properties,
DIF
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Sri Lankas Post-conflict Peacebuilding Efforts and Prospects for Positive
Peace
By Ajith Balasooriya © 2011. Pak Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS)
A PIPS Research Journals of Conflict and Peace Studies, Volume 4, Issue 3
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This paper examines the manner in which the Sri Lankan government is
proceeding with its post-conflict peacebuilding efforts to achieve positive
peace at the end of the conflict. It attempts to provide narratives on the
governments role in post-conflict peacebuilding as the responsible primary
representative of the citizens of Sri Lanka. The first part of the paper describes
the governments post-conflict efforts including immediate humanitarian
assistance, reconstruction and rehabilitation and mechanisms for addressing
human rights violations and accountability issues to achieve the ultimate goal
of positive peace... |
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Maoist Peace Process in Nepal: A Way Forward for India?
By Nida Naz © 2011. Pak Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS)
A PIPS Research Journals of Conflict and Peace Studies, Volume 4, Issue 3
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This paper explores the Nepali Maoists decision to give up their armed
struggle and opt for peaceful democratic means to seek the changes they had
been striving for. By juxtaposing the Maoist conflicts in India and Nepal, it
seeks to answer the question if lessons from the Nepali experience have any
relevance to the situation in India. It argues that despite a number of inherent
differences there still are a few measures in the Nepali peace process that can
be used for peaceful democratic settlement of the Maoist conflict in India... |
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Political Economy of Tehrik-i-Taliban Swat
By Muhammad Feyyaz © 2011. Pak Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS)
A PIPS Research Journals of Conflict and Peace Studies, Volume 4, Issue 3
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The recent insurgency in Swat presents a novel case study of a conflict that
appears to have begun with socio-political aims but soon mutated into one in
which economic benefits became paramount. The terror campaign by Tehrike-
Taliban Swat (TTS), characterized by shifting religio-political motives,
raising of phenomenal organisational structure and interest-centric regulation
of violence, manifests the entire spectrum of political economy of an armed
conflict. This study is an attempt to narrate and analyze how the entire
operation was articulated and strategized by TTS... |
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Bonn Conference 2011: Prospects for Peace and Stability in Afghanistan
By Safdar Sial and Abdul Basit © 2011. Pak Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS)
A PIPS Research Journals of Conflict and Peace Studies, Volume 4, Issue 3
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This paper attempts to explore the promise Bonn-II holds for peace and
stability in Afghanistan and the wider region. It tries to find answers to four
main questions: Why hold Bonn-II conference? What was achieved after
Bonn-I? What can and cannot be achieved through Bonn-II? And finally, what
needs to be achieved? There have been many positive and negative
developments between Bonn-I and the upcoming Bonn-II, but many political
analysts consider the 2001 Bonn agreement a failure as far as political conflict
and security are concerned... |
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Politics of Radicalization and De-radicalization: Impact on Pakistans
Security Dynamics
By Salma Malik © 2011. Pak Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS)
A PIPS Research Journals of Conflict and Peace Studies, Volume 4, Issue 2
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The lack of consensus on the raison detre of the state has gradually caused
Pakistan to drift towards its current state of affairs where it is faced with
extreme dichotomy between the moderates and the orthodox. In the 63 years of
the countrys existence, the invocation to religion has moved from the personal
domain to the mainstream body politic of the state, which now haunts it in the
form of terrorism, militancy and extremist manifestations. The appeal towards
religion and religiosity in the country grew together with deterioration in
governance and the political state of affairs... |
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Modes and Scale of Conflict in Pakistan"s Swat Valley (1989-2008)
By Khadim Hussain © 2011. Pak Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS)
A PIPS Research Journals of Conflict and Peace Studies, Volume 4, Issue 2
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This paper investigates the modes and scale of conflict in Pakistans Swat
valley between 1989 and 2008 on the basis of primary data. The primary data
includes field work (participantsobservations), structured interviews with a
stratified sampling of 350 respondents in the seven sub-districts of Swat, and
analysis of official documents. The study brings home a clear pattern of
conflict in Swat by identifying four overlapping and intertwining factors. The
first factor is the socio-cultural dynamics of otherization and marginalization
with special reference to gender and power relationship, the shift in religious
authority and recognition of the landless ethnic Gujars and Ajars, besides the
clergy... |
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The Process of Radicalization: Contextualizing the Case of Pakistan
By Syed Manzar Abbas Zaidi © 2011. Pak Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS)
A PIPS Research Journals of Conflict and Peace Studies, Volume 4, Issue 2
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Radicalization encompasses the entire spectrum of extreme responses that
contextualize terrorism in Pakistan. It is widely agreed that although
radicalization predisposes socio-political violence it does not necessarily have
to necessitate it. There is nonetheless a commonly observed tendency to
conceive of radicalization in terms of ideology alone. This is the contextual
paradigm of ideology that resonates within paradigms of terrorism in
Pakistan, wherein the terrorists have used a reductionist worldview to whittle
down complex socio-economic, geostrategic and political problems, into
essentially a contest between good and evil... |
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State-building in Afghanistan: Are Reforms Sustainable?
By Umar Riaz © 2011. Pak Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS)
A PIPS Research Journals of Conflict and Peace Studies, Volume 4, Issue 2
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Afghanistan is a country most studied but least understood in conflict and
post-conflict settings. This paper attempts to analyze the sustainability of
ongoing political, security and economic reforms in view of the inherent
structural fault lines and conflict drivers, which have been entrenched in the
Afghan statecraft through decades of conflict. The paper identifies these
sources of conflict and examines the viability and coverage of post-Taliban
reforms and concludes that the reforms have failed to build the legitimacy,
capacity and effectiveness of Afghan institutions to sustain the reforms once
the international forces leave the country and foreign aid dries up. |
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Pakistans Relations with Central Asian States: Irritants and Challenges
By Farhat Asif © 2011. Pak Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS)
A PIPS Research Journals of Conflict and Peace Studies, Volume 4, Issue 1
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Despite high hopes Pakistan is yet to translate the huge potential in trade and
economic collaboration with the Central Asian republics into concrete
progress. That is partly because of the many irritants and challenges that have
cast a long shadow on mutual relations. One of the main geographical
impediments has been the lack of a direct land connection between Pakistan
and these post-Soviet republics. Instability in Afghanistan, FATA and
Balochistan are also crucial factors in realization of the potential. |
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