Rhythms of Academic Life

Dr. Susan Taylor is Smith Chair of Human Resource Management & Organizational Change and Co- Director, Center For Leadership, Innovation, & Technology (CLIC) Robert H. Smith School of Business, the University of Maryland at College Park. She earned her doctorate from Purdue University in I/O Psychology and has also been a visiting faculty member at the Amos Tuck School, Dartmouth College, University of Washington, Seattle, School of Administration at Bocconi University, Milan Italy, and the London Business School.

• IntroductionPART ONE: CAREER RHYTHMS: FIVE EXEMPLARSLessons Learned along the Way - Arthur G BedeianTwelve Suggestions for Optimizing Career SuccessOn Becoming a Scholar - Joan V GallosOne Woman′s JourneyRhythms of an Academic′s Life - Miriam ErezCrossing Cultural BordersTransitions - Vance F MitchellCreating a Career - Stewart Clegg in conversation with John M JermierObservations from outside the MainstreamPART TWO: EARLY RHYTHMSBecoming a TeacherBecoming a Teacher at a Research University - Christina E ShalleyOn Learning Why I Became a Teacher - John A MillerResearch/Teaching Boundaries - Walter R NordTeaching as an Act of Scholarship - Stella M NkomoDoing Research and Getting PublishedUsing Programmatic Research to Build a Grounded Theory - Edwin A LockeDeveloping Programmatic Research - Mats AlvessonThe Publishing Process - Susan J AshfordA Struggle for MeaningGetting Published - Kevin R MurphyRevising and Resubmitting - J Keith MurnighanAuthor Emotions, Editor Roles, and the Value of DialogueWorking with Doctoral StudentsThe Development of Doctoral Students - Larry L CummingsSubstantive and Emotional PerspectivesWorking with Doctoral Students - Susan J AshfordReflections on Doctoral Work Past and PresentMentoring Relationships - Linn Van DyneA Comparison of Experiences in Business and AcademiaTransitions and Turning Points in Faculty-Doctoral Student Relationships - Roderick M Kramer and Joanne MartinGetting TenureGetting Tenure - Marilyn E GistRounding Corners - Toni C KingAn African-American Female Scholar′s Pretenure ExperiencesPause Point 1: Integration of Work and Nonwork LivesThoughts on Integrating Your Work and Personal Life (and the Limits of Advice) - James P WalshHolding It All Together - Marcy CraryPART THREE: MIDDLE RHYTHMS: TRADITIONAL PATHSWorking CollaborativelyWorking Together - C R Hinings and Royston GreenwoodGrowing a Personal, Professional Collaboration - Jane E Dutton, Jean M Bartunek and Connie J G GersickThree Voices Reflecting on Scholarly Career Journeys with International Collaboration - James G (Jerry) Hunt, Arja Ropo and Päivi ErikssonBecoming a ReviewerBecoming a Reviewer - Elaine RomanelliLessons Somewhat Painfully LearnedThe Act of Reviewing and Being a Reviewer - Huseyin LeblebiciBalls, Strikes, and Collisions on the Base Path - Alan D MeyerRuminations of a Veteran ReviewerBecoming a Journal EditorBecoming a Journal Editor - Janice M BeyerWork as a Parade of Decision Letters - Robert I SuttonPleasures and Burdens of Being an Associate Editor at the Administrative Science QuarterlyBecoming a Department Chair and an AdministratorAlice in Academia - Nancy K NapierThe Department Chairman Role from Both Sides of the MirrorHerding Cats Part Deux - Cynthia V FukamiThe Hygiene FactorBecoming an Administrator - Allan R CohenThe Education of an EducatorBecoming a Full ProfessorOn Becoming a Professor - Ray V MontagnoBecoming a Full Professor - Sara L RynesPause Point 2: The Overenriched Work LifeDealing with the Overenriched Work Life - Susan E JacksonPART FOUR: MIDDLE RHYTHMS: NONTRADITIONAL PATHSWorking as a ConsultantMidlife as a Consultant - Philip H MirvisWorking as a Consultant - Mary Ann Von GlinowAcademic Imprimatur or Taboo?Developing Innovative Teaching MaterialsRhythms of an Academic Life - Robert D MarxReflections on Championing an Innovation in Academe - David A WhettenThe Case of Management Skill EducationWorking inside the UniversityBreaking Out, inside the University - Judy D OlianWORKING WITH POLICY MAKERSWorking with Policy Makers - Paul R SackettPause Point 3: Another Look at Integrating Work and Nonwork LivesConfronting the Tensions in an Academic Career - Robert E Quinn, Regina M O′Neill and Gelaye DebebeProfessional and Personal Life - Anne Sigismund HuffPART FIVE: RHYTHMS OF RENEWALTaking a SabbaticalWhat′s Next after 10 Years as Dean? Reflections of a Reemerging Professor - André L DelbecqA Sabbatical Journey - Meryl Reis LouisToward Personal and Professional RenewalPART SIX: RHYTHMS OF THE FIELDA Look at the FutureBusiness Schools in Transition - Raymond E MilesA Brief History of Business EducationThe External and Institutional Context of Business Higher Education - William H MobleyThe Changing Role of the Business School′s Environment - Robert B DuncanThe Threat-Rigidity Response Is RealBusiness Schools in Transition - Marcia P MiceliAn Associate Dean′s PerspectiveStakeholders and You - Janet P NearEmbracing Change - James P WalshWe Get By with a Lot of Help from Our FriendsCommentary - Peter J Frost and M Susan TaylorConclusion