Critical Thinking in Business Education: Current Outlook and Future Prospects

This study investigates all available literature related to critical thinking in business education in a survey of publications in the field produced from 1990-2019. It conducts a thematic analysis of 787 articles found in Web of Science and Google Scholar, including a specific focus on 55 highly-cited articles. The aim is to investigate the importance of critical thinking in business education, how it is conceptualised in business education research, the business contexts in which critical thinking is situated, and the key and more marginal themes related to critical thinking outlined in the business and business education literature. The paper outlines six key areas and topics associated with those areas. It suggests future directions for further scholarly work in the area of critical thinking in business education

Australasian Journal of Philosophy 1947–2016: a retrospective using citation and social network analyses

In anticipation of the journal’s centenary in 2027 this paper provides a citation network analysis of all available citation and publication data of the Australasian Journal of Philosophy (1923–2017). A total of 2,353 academic articles containing 21,772 references were collated and analyzed. This includes 175 articles that contained author-submitted keywords, 415 publisher-tagged keywords and 519 articles that had abstracts. Results initially focused on finding the most published authors, most cited articles and most cited authors within the journal, followed by most discussed topics and emerging patterns using keywords and abstracts. The analysis then proceeded to apply social network analysis using Kumu© – a visualization platform for mapping systems and relationships using large datasets. Analysis reveals topic clusters both unique to the journal, and inclusive of the journal’s history. Results from this analysis reaffirm the journal’s continuing focus on topics in traditional analytic philosophy such as morality, epistemology and knowledge, whilst also featuring topics associated with logic and paradox. This paper presents a new approach to analysing and understanding the historic and emerging topics of interest to the journal, and its readership. This has never previously been done for single philosophy journal. This is historically important given the journal’s forthcoming centenary

National policy for research and research training: the case of the Philippines

© 2009 Dr. Angelito CalmaOver the past two decades, considerable investigation has been undertaken into the research training of higher degree research students in many parts of the world. However, in developing nations the exploration has been far more limited, particularly concerning the kinds of issues and challenges their higher education systems face. This makes the Philippines an important case, where it is a national priority to develop university research and improve research training practices. This study examined research training in the Philippines from a policy perspective. The study sheds light on the nature of research training of developing nations by (1) describing the context in which it is situated, (2) identifying and examining the issues, challenges that confront government and universities, (3) evaluating the implications of these issues and challenges, and (4) providing recommendations to improve university research and research training in the country. The study’s findings confirm that public and private higher education institutions in the Philippines are largely engaged in teaching while research is a less intense university activity. The current context of university research and research training indicates that the structure of graduate education and training needs improvement in policy and practice domains. The government and universities need to develop new policies and improve practices regarding both staff research training and professional development, and student research education and training. A range of issues and challenges confronting the government and universities have been identified by this study concerning funding, infrastructure, academic staff development, research supervision, student support, quality assurance in research, collaboration and partnerships, research ethics, intellectual property, and research priorities. The most important challenges for government and universities relate to effectively meeting the dual demands of teaching and research, building a critical mass of researchers, and developing excellent research skills and competences among staff and students. The findings from this study have also informed the creation of a timeline that depicts key points in the candidature of masters and doctorate students, particularly identifying coursework, research, and supervision phases, and has identified contributors to the development of student and staff research skills. Together, these provide a basis for considering current and potential research training initiatives. Overall, the study provides a new and comprehensive analysis of the policy issues in research and research training and offering suggestions for advancing policy and practice

Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science 1973-2018: an analytical retrospective

This paper analyses the entire publication history of the Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science (JAMS) by analyzing 1747 documents from 1973 to June 2018. Citation networks were examined from available metadata such as author and index keywords, and institutional affiliations, and abstracts were analyzed using network analysis and text mining techniques. The analysis is supported by the use of data visualization tools and community detection algorithms. Results suggest three main communities addressed throughout JAMS' publication history (firm capability and performance, brand and value co-creation and customer service) and nine main themes (brands' strategic value, firms' strategy and financial performance, customer service, sales, marketing communications, retailing, distribution channel, global markets, and corporate social responsibility). Although empirical quantitative studies account the larger type of research published by JAMS, results also highlight JAMS' contribution to marketing theory building and methodological issues in the shape of both conceptual/theoretical papers and scale development papers.Sin financiación2.867 JCR (2019) Q2, 45/109 Computer Science, Interdisciplynary Applications1.210 SJR (2019) Q1, 102/1377 Computer Science Applications, 20/248 Library and Information Sciences, 51/588 Social Sciences (miscellaneous)No data IDR 2019UE