Author: Bowrey, Graham

Source: Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, Volume 21, Number 8, 2008 , pp. 1212-1215(4)

Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Abstract:

<B>Purpose</B> - This poem is a reflection of the processes and associated emotions early career academic researchers may experience in preparing, presenting and publishing their research. <B>Design/methodology/approach</B> - Fictional poem. <B>Findings</B> - This poem highlights that the processes an early career academic researcher undertakes to publish his/her research is not necessarily the hardest lesson to learn. Rather the hardest lesson is learning to cope with the mix of emotions they will experience during the process. <B>Research limitations/implications</B> - Provides early career academic researchers, and their supervisors, with a guide of what they can expect to experience during the first few years during their research. <B>Originality/value</B> - A fun review of the early career of a new academic researcher.

Keywords: Career development; Conferences; Presentations

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/09513570810918814

Publication date: 2008-10-24

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