1. How to read a management academic paper Levent Altinay

2. Why should you read an academic paper at all?  You are required to do so, interested or not.  You are going to be assessed on how much & how well you have done so.  Likely to acquire skills of application & concentration that will benefit you in life.  Exciting to have access to bright minds & clever thoughts & to learn something you do not know.

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4. How do you know if the paper is worth reading?  There is an abstract which should tell you what the paper is about.  There are Keywords which highlight the main areas being investigated.

5. Reading the paper: conventional structure  Title  Abstract  Introduction  Background to/context of the research  Literature Review  Research Design/methodology  Findings/discussion of findings  Conclusions & Recommendations  References

6. How to escape from reading the paper?  The Abstract  The introduction  The last section

7. Extracting value from your reading  Reading the paper and the message is the easier bit.  You need to assess, decide on the quality of methodology and findings, its relevance & impact.  There is a purpose to reading the paper – gain knowledge, confirm a suspicion, add evidence to an argument etc.

8. What will you gain from having read academic papers?  Grown in knowledge, understanding & intangible skills.  Once acquired ability to read, practice will improve your skill, reading will get easier, might move from it being a chore to something enjoyable.  Comfort yourself that it is far more difficult for the author to write it than for you to read it!!! HAPPY READING!!!! Reference: Altinay, L. and Paraskevas, A. (2008). ‘Developing Academic Reading Skills’, Planning Research in Hospitality and Tourism, Chapter 2, pp. 21-40.