• Jun2022 29 08:00
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    Jul2022 01 11:00

    Distinguished speaker series | Workshop on theory development

    Online

Graduate School invites a certain number of outstanding professors from universities worldwide to give informative lectures and workshops on academic research and career planning. This series aims to provide our PhD students the access to scholars with a high degree of expertise, as well as the opportunity to better understand research methods and achieve productive outcomes.

Workshop Information

The three-day workshop will be structured to be intensive and a combination of lecture and discussion. To get maximal value, participants are encouraged to read the assigned articles prior to the workshop. Through this process, it is the hope that the participants will leave with a significant understanding of how to write better papers, especially from the perspective of crafting a better story and developing better theory.

Theory development and the associated theoretical contribution are at the heart of most papers published in leading journals in the social and behavioral sciences. Recognizing that this involves both art and science, this workshop will delve into both aspects. The emphasis on theory will be situated within the concept of a broad research program.

Speaker Bio

Viswanath Venkatesh, who completed his PhD at the University of Minnesota in 1997, is an Eminent Scholar and Verizon Chair of Business Information Technology at the Pamplin College of Business, Virginia Tech. Since Fall 2021, he is also the Director of Pamplin’s Executive PhD program. Prior to joining Virginia Tech in Spring 2021, he was on the faculty at the University of Maryland and University of Arkansas. In addition to presenting his work at universities across the world, he has held visiting appointments at universities around the world. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential scientists, both in terms of premier journal publications and citation impact. He is a Fellow of the Association for Information Systems (AIS) and the Information Systems Society, INFORMS.