On Generic Macro-structure of Empirical Research Articles: A Management Discourse Community Perspective
Commercial books on research article writing are normally designed to address a wide range of readers in various disciplines. A cursory look at some of them reveals that the conventional Introduction-Method-Result-Discussion (IMRD) framework has been considered as a default blueprint of RAs writt...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Lasting Impressions Press
2019-09-01
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| Series: | International Journal of English Language and Translation Studies |
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| Online Access: | http://www.eltsjournal.org/archive/value7%20issue3/6-7-3-19.pdf |
| Summary: | Commercial books on research article writing are normally designed to address a wide range of
readers in various disciplines. A cursory look at some of them reveals that the conventional
Introduction-Method-Result-Discussion (IMRD) framework has been considered as a default blueprint
of RAs written in various disciplines. However, this default structure needs to be empirically verified in
each and every discipline. Hence, this paper attempted to manually extract the structural patterns of 132
empirical RAs randomly selected out of 22 ISI journals in management. More than 9 structural
patterns emerged from the analysis of the results in this study and yet, oddly enough, the IMRD
framework was not among them. Findings of this study can shed some light on the path of graduate
students and novice scholars who strive to publish their scientific achievements in reputable journals so
that they will be accepted as new dwellers of management discourse community. |
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| ISSN: | 2308-5460 2308-5460 |