Surviving Your Thesis

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Completing a research thesis is not easy. From choosing a supervisor and topic to staying motivated, each stage represents a different challenge and many students struggle through without identifying the skills needed to make the Completing a research thesis is not easy. From choosing a supervisor and topic to staying motivated, each stage represents a different challenge and many students struggle through without identifying the skills needed to make the most of their time. Surviving Your Thesis is a wonderful new resource for all doctoral and masters level students that explores the challenges and complexities of successfully engaging in the research process and thesis writing, to offer an accessible and practical guide. The text takes readers from the very early stages of choosing to do a thesis through to the final stages of examination and publication. Chapters include: * Choosing and working with a supervisor * Developing a research proposal * Motivating yourself * Choosing the right research method * Responding to criticism * Advice from the examiners * Preparing work for publication. Tony Adams, Macquarie University, Australia Peter Bergquist, Macquarie University, Australia Peter Burgess, Macquarie Research Ltd, Macquarie University, Australia Suzan Burton, Macquarie Uni

Suzan Burton is a Senior Lecturer in Management at the Macquarie Graduate School of Management, Macquarie University. Peter Steane is Professor of Management at the Macquarie Graduate School of Management, Macquarie University.

'Beginning a PhD is quite unlike anything students may have done before. This well organized text clearly sets out the key issues they need to consider and will help them develop the "thesis survival skills" they need.' - Ewan Ferlie, School of Management, Royal Holloway University, London, UK