1. Thursday, Jan 5, 2006IS Midyear Meeting Scottsdale, AZ Research Tips for New Scholars Robin Pennington University of Tennessee

2. Thursday, Jan 5, 2006IS Midyear Meeting Scottsdale, AZ Research Ideas Look for interesting ideas that make a contribution Look for holes… Where? Literature reviews – academic and practitioner Published articles Interesting ideas… Editors and reviewers YOU - many hours (months/years)

3. Thursday, Jan 5, 2006IS Midyear Meeting Scottsdale, AZ Research Ideas Select projects that could be potential streams of research – the clock is short. Schools like this approach because of reputation Sometimes tricky for the AIS researcher The nature of systems We publish in a variety of journals Saves time in the literature review

4. Thursday, Jan 5, 2006IS Midyear Meeting Scottsdale, AZ Research Ideas Be a reviewer Takes time (4hrs to days) Great place to find holes! Go to conferences Look for holes…

5. Thursday, Jan 5, 2006IS Midyear Meeting Scottsdale, AZ Coauthoring Strategies Work with faculty at your new university It is much easier to pester each other! No fun working alone all the time Team player Continue working with faculty from your committee and classmates Strengths Weaknesses

6. Thursday, Jan 5, 2006IS Midyear Meeting Scottsdale, AZ Coauthoring Strategies Work with faculty of different ranks Tenured faculty have experience/expertise Untenured faculty are eager Doctoral students are eager and have research assistantships

7. Thursday, Jan 5, 2006IS Midyear Meeting Scottsdale, AZ Balancing Teaching and Research Years 1 and 2… Life is good Get all your projects going Number? Journals? Get organized The clock is faint…

8. Thursday, Jan 5, 2006IS Midyear Meeting Scottsdale, AZ Balancing Teaching and Research Very difficult in the 3 rd and 4 th years The honeymoon is over… The clock is ticking…LOUDER Service duties kick in! More reviews for journals and conferences Course development/preps may increase

9. Thursday, Jan 5, 2006IS Midyear Meeting Scottsdale, AZ Balancing Teaching and Research The clogged pipeline! Some win, some get recycled Turn around times vary greatly (2 to 10 months) Be careful about new projects at this time Need some Tend to the ones that have the greatest chance of success Bottom line – must publish

10. Thursday, Jan 5, 2006IS Midyear Meeting Scottsdale, AZ Optimizing Summer Research Time Set goals and deadlines Try to have a working paper by Sept. – midyear meeting deadline Dont teach unless you are required to do so – the summer flies by fast. Negotiate for guaranteed summer support when interviewing

11. Thursday, Jan 5, 2006IS Midyear Meeting Scottsdale, AZ Strategies for Enhancing Publication Success Ask senior faculty to review your work Submit, submit, submit (conferences and workshops also) Dont be discouraged Always revise – maybe its just to a different journal Always try to address every comment in a revise and resubmit Seek advice and take it