TITLE: Writing and revising for publication: The science and the art
ABSTRACT:
Receiving a ‘revise and resubmit’ for a journal article can be both exciting (it wasn’t rejected!) and daunting (can I do everything the reviewers are asking?). This workshop examines some of the skills and techniques necessary to successfully revise an article for publication. Drawing on examples of revision letters from journal editors and reviewers from her own submissions, Prof Paula McDonald from the QUT Business School in Australia will discuss how to take an organised and systematic approach to revising journal articles; how to address specific revision points which are easy, difficult and (almost) impossible; and how to frame rebuttals where they are warranted. Finally, writing strategies from the reviewer’s perspective will be discussed.
BIO:
Paula McDonald is Professor of Work and Organisation and Associate Dean, Research in the QUT Business School in Brisbane, Australia. Paula’s research addresses the profound social implications arising from a globalised, ‘collaborative’ economy. Her work spans topics including education to work transitions; public/private boundaries; and technology and work. She currently leads an ARC Discovery project Working the gig economy and recently conducted the first Australian prevalence study on digital platform work. Paula has published over 100 scholarly outputs and her work has actively shaped public debate through media engagement and research seminars to end-users. She is a registered psychologist, a senior fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Social Sciences.
