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Linguistic Tools for Written Communication An Applied Approach
This book uses a linguistically and stylistically grounded analytical approach to written discourse to explain the patterns that appear when...
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The Humble Art of Journal Editing
The publication of scholarly research is both a major driver of social progress and a significant industry in its own right. Scholarly research is...
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Mastering Scientific Presentations Unlocking Your Communication Skills
This book is a comprehensive guidebook designed specifically for researchers. Drawing from over 25 years of practical experience in presentation...
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Understanding-Oriented Pedagogy to Strengthen Plagiarism-Free Academic Writing Findings From Studies in China
This book discusses the plagiarism-free academic writing in higher education. It demonstrates how to orchestrate an understanding-oriented pedagogy...
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Engineering Doctoral Training in Southern Africa
Despite the abundance of natural resources in Southern Africa, these remain largely untapped due to a lack of appropriate skills and technologies,...
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Transformation of the Built and Lived Environment
The built environment is like a reason and solution for different ongoing societal and environmental change processes. On the one hand, it may enable...
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Transformation of Work in the Textile Industry: Perspectives of Sustainable Innovation Processes
What makes innovation processes in industry succeed? The basic assumption of this paper is that not only technological, but also social—especially...
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Toward Antifragile Manufacturing: Concepts from Nature and Complex Human-Made Systems to Gain from Stressors and Volatility
Taleb coined the term “antifragility” to describe systems that benefit from stressors and volatility. While nature provides several examples of...
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Corporate Social Responsibility—Conscious Investing and Green Transformation
In the first part of this chapter, we introduce the reader to the concept of corporate social responsibility. We outline different underlying...
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Writing Proposals
A research proposal is a formal document that outlines a plan for a research project. It serves as a blueprint or roadmap for conducting a research...
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Research Approaches and Designs
Research approaches and methods that are employed for knowledge creation derive from the philosophical paradigms (multivariate/positivistic,...
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Preparing for Academic Career
The preparation for an academic career is a long process. It typically starts with formal training, and it can last as long as the person’s academic...
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Literature Reviews
A literature review is a critical component of a scientific study and holds significant importance, as literature reviews serve several important...
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Cross-Cultural Research
Cross-cultural research is a systematic and comparative study of different cultures, societies, or cultural groups to understand and analyze the...
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Conceptual Framework and Theory Development
A conceptual framework is a structure that researchers use to best explain the relationship they expect to see between variables, or the...
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Theorising Editing
In this closing chapter, I attempt to develop what amounts to a theory of editing. I try to see the world of the editor through the eyes of an...
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Continuing and Emerging Challenges and a Call to Action
Chapter 9 deals with some of the more generic emerging challenges that journal editors may face, now or in the foreseeable future. These include how...
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Develo** and Maintaining a Reputation
In this chapter, I consider the reputation of the journal, and the way this reputation can be enhanced, or damaged. This topic is closely related to...
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The Regular and Irregular Work Activities of Editors
This chapter is structured around a description of the more or less regular daily activities of editors. These include communications with a wide...
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Engaging with the Publisher and Editorial/Production Teams
This chapter deals with a topic that is largely invisible to both researchers and the audience: engagements with the publisher and the editorial or...