Research Seminar II
Objectives
This course emphasizes methodological issues and aims to assist students in developing further their doctoral research namely the required review of the literature.
General characterization
Code
300004
Credits
7.5
Responsible teacher
Paulo Miguel Rasquinho Ferreira Rita
Hours
Weekly - Available soon
Total - Available soon
Teaching language
Portuguese. If there are Erasmus students, classes will be taught in English
Prerequisites
- Students should have attended Research Seminar I
- Students should have already prepared a first version of their doctoral proposal
Bibliography
AVISON, D.; PRIES-HEJE,J. (2005). Research in Information Systems. Oxford, UK, Elsevier Ltd.; BRYMAN, A. (2008). Social Research Methods. 3rd Ed. Oxford University Press Inc., New York, USA.; Cater-Steel, A.; Al-Hakim, L. (2009). Information Systems Research Methods, Epistemology, and Applications. IGI Global; Dwivedi, Y. K., Lal, B., Williams, M. D., Schneberger, S. L., & Wade, M. (2009). "Handbook of Research on Contemporary Theoretical Models in Information Systems." IGI Global, 2009; HART, C. (2001). Doing a Literature Search: a comprehensive guide for the social sciences. London: Sage Publications
Teaching method
M01: This course will be using a diverse set of teaching methods to promote students´ ability to develop in an autonomous but oriented way the doctoral thesis project and a literature review paper.
M02: Students will be challenged to link business with research problems as well as to evaluate both conference papers and scientific journal articles.
M03: The classes should promote the debate between faculty and students and also between students themselves, who are invited to comment on the choices made by their colleagues and make suggestions for improvement.
Evaluation method
This course requires the preparation, presentation and discussion of a literature review paper (70%) and a written Exam on Research Methodology (30%).
A digital copy of the Literature Review Paper should be submitted in Moodle no later than April 30, 2021. Presentation and discussion will take place in the classroom on May 4, 11 and 18, 2021.
The Exam will take place online on May 25, 2021.
Subject matter
T01: Research Topic and Proposal
T02: Literature Review and Theory Development
T03: Research Design
T04: Qualitative Research
T05: Survey Research
T06: Experimental Research
T07: Questionnaire Design, Measurement and Scaling
T08: Social Media and Mobile Research
T09: Computing and Simulation Methods
T10: Theory Testing