Writing for Scholarly Publication [Paperback]

Anne Sigismund Huff (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0761918051 | ISBN-13: 978-0761918059 | Publication Date: September 25, 1998 | Edition: 1

Academic writing has its own ground rules and its own creativity. In this practical guide for students and academics, the author takes the reader step-by-step through the entire writing and publication process - from choosing a subject, to developing content, to submitting the final manuscript for publication. The book contains exercises, helpful checklists, exemplars and advice drawn from the author's experience.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"This book provides invaluable information and advice on the mysteries of publishing. . . . The ideas and advice in the book are easily accessible. At every stage Anne shares with readers the ups and downs of something that is now critical to every academic career. The book is a must for every Ph.D. student, supervisor and anyone interested into print." 

(Linda McKie BSA Network )

About the Author

Anne Huff is Visiting Professor of Strategy and Innovation at the TUM Business School in Munich, Germany, where she is helping organize research on open innovation that crosses traditional organizational boundaries, product-service fusion and leadership systems.  She was Founding Director of the Advanced Institute of Management Research (AIM), a UK wide management research initiative with offices based at the London Business School, and continues to be a visiting AIM fellow at LBS.  She is also a visiting professor in the Communications Department of the University of Colorado, and had prior appointments at the University of Illinois, and UCLA.  She earned a BA from Barnard College (philosophy), as well as an MA (sociology) and PhD (management) from Northwestern University.  

Her research interests focus on sustained innovation and strategic change; both are seen as dynamic processes of interaction among firms and as cognitive processes affected by the interaction of individuals over time.  Recent books include Mapping Strategic Knowledge. Sage, 2002 (edited, with Mark Jenkins), When Firms Change Direction. Oxford University Press, 2000 (with James O. Huff), and  Writing for Scholarly Publication (Sage, 1998).    In 1998-99 Anne was President of the Academy of Management, an association of management researchers with 16,000 members worldwide; she held associated leadership positions from 1995 to 2001.  In August 2003 she received the Distinguished Scholar Award of the Managerial and Organizational Cognition Division of that association.  She serves on the boards of several professional organizations and journals.

Product Details

• Paperback: 200 pages
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc; 1 edition (September 25, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0761918051
• ISBN-13: 978-0761918059
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #164,927 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent work for any academic writer!, November 5, 1999

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Serious Reader "from L.A." - See all my reviews

This review is from: Writing for Scholarly Publication (Hardcover)

I would strongly recomment this book for anyone who writes for an academic audience. It provides an excllent set of ideas for the novice as well as helpful reminders for the experienced academic.

Dr. Karl Moore, Templeton College, Oxford University

14 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A valuable starting point for any budding academic, February 23, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Writing for Scholarly Publication (Hardcover)

A very well organised book that does well to frame itself for both experienced academics and those starting out. I particularly enjoyed the exercises, these added a great deal of value to the starting process of writing and motivated me to start writing! (almost fools you into doing it, before you know where you are theres a half decent paper in the making on your desk in front of you).

I have only one issue with the book as it stands - and this is small. The chapter on presentation (9) seemed a little out of place (as in conference presentation not written), perhaps a stronger link between this and its relevance for academic writing may have been made.

Otherwise a very engaging book thats written to be easily digested and acted upon. I defy anyone having read this not to walk away feeling energised about the prospect of getting your ideas out into the academic community.

More please ! perhaps a text for PhD candidates specifically?

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great advice to get published, December 3, 2008

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Jackal (New Hampshire) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Writing for Scholarly Publication (Paperback)

This is written for academics in the field of organisational theory (and adjacent fields). The book provides very useful advice of how to get your manuscript published.

The book doesn't say much what is really a good manuscript because the book is about getting published. That is not the same as having something valuable to say. If you have a crappy manuscript and adhere to the advice in this book, you still increase your chances of having your manuscript published. If you have a good manuscript you still need to adhere to the advice in this book. So you still need to read this book.

If your ambition level is to write a good manuscript (in addition to being published) you should also read Van de Ven's "Engaged Scholarship" (quite simple, practical) and Elster's "Explaining Social Behaviour" (more complex, theoretical, abstract) plus relevant articles that you are exposed to only in good PhD programmes.