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This invaluable source book offers guidance, support and advice for those contemplating or involved in academic careers. The contributions provide rich, personal, sometimes poignant and often humorous accounts of shared and unique experiences of those in the world of academia.
Working with Doctoral Students: Reflections on Doctoral Work Past and Present
Working with Doctoral Students: Reflections on Doctoral Work Past and Present
This essay stems from a 1993 Academy of Management preconference symposium on working with doctoral students for which I was a panelist. As a member of that panel, I was asked to reflect on my experiences as a doctoral student with my adviser, Larry Cummings, and discuss how I was beginning to translate what I learned into my own recent work with doctoral students.
First, a little history. My doctoral education was shaped primarily by Larry Cummings, Jeanne Brett, and Joe Moag. Larry Cummings was my adviser at Northwestern University from 1979 to 1983, with a year of that being long distance, as he ...
