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this IS researchAuthor: Nick Berente and Jan Recker
Professors Nick Berente from the University of Notre Dame and Jan Recker from the University of Hamburg talk about current and persistent topics in information systems research, a field that explores how digital technologies change business and society. You can find papers and other materials we discuss in each episode at http://www.janrecker.com/this-is-research-podcast/. Language: en Genres: Business, Management, Science, Social Sciences Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Master and Apprentice
Tuesday, 3 November, 2026
The relationship between doctoral students and professors is very important—and very long. In fact, it may well be one of the longest, most personal, and most intensive relationships of our life. And like all relationships – it's not easy for either students or professors, both must put in the work. We discuss some of the dynamics in the relationship between advisors and students and come up with several rules for a productive student-professor relationship: First, start with reading. Second, own your project and stay curious. Third, do not expect the advisor to do your job. Fourth, use your meetings effectively. Fifth, invest in the relationship and take an interest. References Avison, D. E., & Pries-Heje, J. (Eds.). (2005). Research in Information Systems: A Handbook for Research Supervisors and Their Students Butterworth-Heinemann. Gable, G. G., Smyth, R. W., & Gable, A. (2016). The Role of the Doctoral Consortium: An Information Systems Signature Pedagogy? Communications of the Association for Information Systems, 38(33), 678–711. Shadish, W. R., Cook, T. D., & Campbell, D. T. (2001). Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Designs for Generalized Causal Inference (2nd ed.). Houghton Mifflin. Tversky, A., & Kahneman, D. (1974). Judgment under Uncertainty: Heuristics and Biases. Science, 185(4157), 1124–1131. Sarasvathy, S. D. (2001). Causation and Effectuation: Toward a Theoretical Shift from Economic Inevitability to Entrepreneurial Contingency. Academy of Management Review, 26(2), 243–263. Garfinkel, H. (1967). Studies in Ethnomethodology. Prentice-Hall. Cook, R. A. (2026). Dynamic Programming for Calculating the Triad Census. Social Networks, 87, 77–91. Cook, R. A., Berente, N., & Schecter, A. (2025). Closing Time: The Impact of Transitivity on Organizational Instant Messaging. 58th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Waikoloa Village, Big Island, Hawaii. Recker, J., Rosemann, M., Green, P., & Indulska, M. (2011). Do Ontological Deficiencies in Modeling Grammars Matter? MIS Quarterly, 35(1), 57–79. Aspland, T., Edwards, H., O'Leary, J., & Ryan, Y. (1999). Tracking New Directions in the Evaluation of Postgraduate Supervision. Innovative Higher Education, 24(2), 127–147. van Dongen, B. F., Alves de Medeiros, A. K., Verbeek, H. M. V., Weijters, A. J. M. M., & van der Aalst, W. M. P. (2005). The ProM Framework: A New Era in Process Mining Tool Support. In G. Ciardo & P. Darondeau (Eds.), Applications and Theory of Petri Nets 2005 (Vol. 3536, pp. 444–454). Springer.
