Academic norms
Scholarly work is inter-subjective: every scholar draws upon the work of other members of the community in terms of theories and problem awareness, and also contributes to the community by offering new insights.
Scholarly work is self-critical. Self-criticism is important for rendering valuable contributions to the academic community. The scholar has to take responsibility for his or her own work.
Scholarly work is argumentative: it recognizes that personal bias is in the way of every scholar’s attempts to explain the world, and therefore tries to convince the readers, by awareness-building, consistent argumentation, and critical questioning.
Scholarly work is precise: it checks the matter debated critically, it questions various possible conclusions or claims made, in order to back-up one's theses more safely, explaining them clearly.
Scholarly work is explicit: The scholar has to explicitly define his or her concepts which are subjectively relevant, and clearly explain the line of argumentation so that others can understand what s/he is saying.
A Seven-step Approach for Theoretical Research
Research question formulation
Literature review
Concept reflection and identification
Theoretical conjecture formulation
Discourse with peers and other knowledgeable individuals
Theoretical conjecture refinement and acceptance
Discussion on the impact of theory
References
Research Skills in the Liberal Arts Paradigm
Dan Remenyi and Arthur Money, “Theoretical Research and Management Studies:Some Preliminary Thoughts”, in 3rd European Conference on Research Methodology for Business and Management Studies: University of Reading, Reading UK, 19-30 April 2004 By Ann Brown, Dan Remenyi (Ed.), Academic Conferences Limited.
Lee Freese, “Formal Theorizing” Annual Review of Sociology, Vol. 6, (1980), pp. 187-212
Seeking Truth, http://www.atmos.umd.edu/~owen/METO123/METO_0/meto01.html
Bibliography
The Ph.d. Process - What it Takes to Get it Done
On the Nature of Theoretical Research:
http://zagrebhockeycamp.hr/ccacaa/CCA-PDF/cca1998/v71-n3/CCA_71_1998_607_614_LUKOVIT.pdf
A Tutorial on Survey Research: From Constructs to theory
http://www.umdnj.edu/idsweb/idst6000/MIS-SUVY.htm
Theory Building in Industrial and Organizational Psychology
http://pages.stern.nyu.edu/~wstarbuc/Theory.htm
Ten Years of Entrepreneurial Education and Research: Theoretical contributions - Gives categorization of researchers
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2109932 2012
A Tutorial on Survey Research: From Constructs to theory
http://www.umdnj.edu/idsweb/idst6000/MIS-SUVY.htm
Theory Building in Industrial and Organizational Psychology
http://pages.stern.nyu.edu/~wstarbuc/Theory.htm
Ten Years of Entrepreneurial Education and Research: Theoretical contributions - Gives categorization of researchers
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2109932 2012
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Originally posted by me in http://knol.google.com/k/narayana-rao/theoretical-research-strategy/2utb2lsm2k7a/35
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