66 pages tagged "societal impact"

Reflections on staff development

Provides an overview of my work in the area of researcher development

20 Mar 2023 (updated 22 May 2026) - Anne-Wil Harzing

The ABC of research across career stages

How to navigate the - sometimes choppy - waters of research (and academia) across career stages

04 Mar 2025 (updated 15 May 2026) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Yes... social media can be useful for your career

Collates links to all eight blogposts in the social media in academia series

25 Mar 2026 (updated 18 Mar 2026) - Anne-Wil Harzing

The four C's of getting cited

Explains how competence, collaboration, care and communication help to ensure your work is getting the citation impact it deserves

22 Aug 2017 (updated 24 Nov 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Research Impact 101

Provides an overview of six key issues in the assessment of research impact.

18 Jun 2022 (updated 24 Nov 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing

SAGEPolicyProfiles: a treasure-trove for discovering policy impact

How to use SagePolicyProfiles to learn more about, and evidence, the policy impact of your academic research

21 Oct 2024 (updated 24 Nov 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Sustaining motivation in change processes: Reframe your mindsets & actions

Seven steps that may help you to sustain your motivation in any change process by reframing both your mindsets and your actions

26 Dec 2024 (updated 24 Nov 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Finding Balance in the Buzz of AoM as a Strong Introvert

Presents Christa's reflections on participating in a big conference as a strong introvert

08 Oct 2025 (updated 29 Sep 2025) - Christa Sathish

Harzing.com paper series

Introduces the Harzing.com paper series

06 Feb 2016 (updated 15 Sep 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing

AoM 2025 - Copenhagen - Positive Academia was there

Reports on our Positive Academia Professional Development Workshop at the Academy of Management meeting

10 Sep 2025 (updated 24 Nov 2025) - Christa Sathish

The ABC of research across career stages - Late career

Last of four posts on navigating the sometimes choppy waters of research (and academia) across career stages

25 Jun 2025 (updated 25 Jun 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing

The ABC of research across career stages - Mid career

Third of four posts on navigating the sometimes choppy waters of research (and academia) across career stages

28 May 2025 (updated 27 May 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Measuring and improving research impact

How to measure, evidence, and improve your impact and create impactful research processes

09 Sep 2022 (updated 14 May 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Creating social media profiles

How to build effective social media profiles that publicise your research

09 Sep 2022 (updated 14 May 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing

The ABC of research across career stages - Early career

Second of four posts on navigating the sometimes choppy waters of research (and academia) across career stages

30 Apr 2025 (updated 26 Apr 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing

The ABC of research across career stages - Introduction

First of four posts on navigating the sometimes choppy waters of research (and academia) across career stages

26 Mar 2025 (updated 10 May 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Sustain Motivation in Change Processes (2): Reframing our Actions

Second of two blogpost with seven tips on how to sustain your own motivation when leading change efforts

05 Mar 2025 (updated 02 Mar 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Sustain Motivation in Change Processes (1): Reframing our Mindsets

First of two blogpost with seven tips on how to sustain your own motivation when leading change efforts

05 Feb 2025 (updated 03 Feb 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Does your research have policy impact? Introducing SAGEPolicyProfiles

Short summary of my white paper: SAGEPolicyProfiles - a treasure-trove for discovering policy impact

15 Jan 2025 (updated 23 Dec 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing

REF, rankings & reputation

Provides an overview of my work in preparation for REF 2021, research rankings, and reputation management

07 Mar 2023 (updated 19 Apr 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Social media to support your career

Collates links to all eight blogposts in the social media in academia series

01 Nov 2021 (updated 14 Jan 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing

How to evidence & improve research impact?

The fourth book in my "Crafting your career in academia" series

21 Jun 2023 (updated 25 Dec 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing

How to get your research noticed online?

The third book in my "Crafting your career in academia" series

07 Jun 2023 (updated 25 Dec 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Improve your Research Profile (8): Tips for time poor academics

The eight in an 8-part series on improving your research profile, reputation & impact. Evidences the positive effect of social media use, with tips for social media newbies.

12 Apr 2023 (updated 14 Jan 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing

How to do impactful research?

Provides advice on impactful research focusing on research passion, societal impact, and the four Cs of citation

29 Mar 2023 (updated 07 Apr 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Improve your Research Profile (7): Follow the 7 steps for impact

The seventh in an 8-part series on improving your research profile, reputation, and impact. Provides a simple 7-step process to improve your research reputation and impact.

15 Mar 2023 (updated 14 Jan 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Improve your Research Profile (6): The why and how of Social Media

The sixth in an 8-part series on improving your research profile, reputation and impact. Discusses the various social media platorms and the pros and cons of social media use.

13 Feb 2023 (updated 14 Jan 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Improve your Research Profile (5): The 4Cs of getting cited

The fifth in an 8-part series on improving your research profile, reputation and impact. Explains what to do - ethically! - to improve the chances of your work being cited.

09 Jan 2023 (updated 14 Jan 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Improve your Research Profile (4): Citation analysis in the PoP software

The fourth in an 8-part series on improving your research profile, reputation and impact. Explains how to use the Publish or Perish software to demonstrate your research impact.

19 Dec 2022 (updated 14 Jan 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Improve your Research Profile (3): Getting savvy about data sources & metrics

The third in an 8-part series on improving your research profile, reputation and impact. Gives you a "crash course" on data sources and metrics for citation impact.

28 Nov 2022 (updated 14 Jan 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Improve your Research Profile (2): What is impact and why should you care?

The second in an 8-part series on improving your research profile, reputation and impact. Discusses the various forms of impact and explains why citation impact is important.

24 Oct 2022 (updated 14 Jan 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Improve your Research Profile (1): Why is it so important?

The first in an 8-part series on improving your research profile, reputation and impact. Explains the rationale behind this series.

26 Sep 2022 (updated 14 Jan 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Research impact 101

Short introduction to my new white paper providing an overview of six key issues in the assessment of research impact

29 Aug 2022 (updated 19 Oct 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Impact is impact is impact? Well, no...

Invited blogpost on SAGE Social Science Space: disambiguating the concept of impact

20 Jun 2022 (updated 15 Apr 2023) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Performance in the workplace: what’s dance got to do with it?

Summarizes a recent study on the effect of dance on well-being and productivity at work

13 Jun 2022 (updated 13 Jun 2022) - Michela Vecchi

Middlesex University Business School top-ranked in REF 2021 for research impact

Quick summary of our exceptional performance in the 2021 Research Excellence Framework Exercise in the UK

30 May 2022 (updated 14 Jul 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Social media - caring in a shared world (3): Online identity reconstruction

How and why to reconstruct your online identity when using social networking sites professionally

16 May 2022 (updated 16 May 2022) - Christa Sathish

Social media - caring in a shared-world (2): Authentic Identity

How to develop an authentic identity when using social networking sites professionally

28 Mar 2022 (updated 14 Apr 2022) - Christa Sathish

Social media - caring in a shared-world (1): Self & others

How to develop care for others and as well as self-care when using social networking sites professionally

31 Jan 2022 (updated 15 Apr 2022) - Christa Sathish

Research Academics as Change Makers - Opportunities and Barriers

Reports on a Middlesex panel discussion on creating external research impact

13 Nov 2021 (updated 05 May 2023) - Andrea Werner

How to digitally market yourself: a beginner's guide for students and academics

Handy tips and tricks to start building a digital presence

06 Nov 2021 (updated 02 Jun 2022) - Christa Sathish

CYGNA: Women management scholars leading REF impact case studies

Reports on our 40th CYGNA meeting with a focus on the (limited) role of women academics in REF impact case studies

13 Jun 2021 (updated 02 Jun 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing

The rise of global inequality and multinational enterprises

The role of MNEs in global inequality and avenues for future research

24 May 2021 (updated 14 Apr 2022) - Shasha Zhao

Social media in academia: Using LinkedIn in a mixed-method research design

Tips and tricks for research data collection through LinkedIn: survey and focus groups

17 May 2021 (updated 02 Jun 2022) - Christa Sathish

Social Media in Academia: Using LinkedIn to promote your research

Tips and tricks for using LinkedIn to promote your research

08 Apr 2021 (updated 02 Jun 2022) - Christa Sathish

How to improve your research impact: YouTube series

Collates eighteen mini-videos on how to improve your research impact, based on a presentation at Middlesex University

06 Nov 2020 (updated 19 Oct 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing

How to measure research impact: YouTube series

Collates twelve mini-videos on measuring research impact based on an interview with Vas Taras

09 Oct 2020 (updated 27 Aug 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Saturday night fever during a pandemic

Discusses research on the positive effects of dance on physical health, cognition and well-being

03 May 2020 (updated 14 Apr 2022) - Michela Vecchi

Social Media in Academia (8): Putting it all together

Final posting in the social media series explains how different social media can reinforce each other

27 Apr 2020 (updated 15 Apr 2023) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Social media in Academia (7): Blogging

Provides recommendations on how to start with blogging

13 Apr 2020 (updated 15 Apr 2023) - Anne-Wil Harzing

How social & behavioural science can support COVID-19 pandemic response

Introduces a very timely paper on the role of social and behavioural research in the current crisis

01 Apr 2020 (updated 02 Jun 2022) - Valerio Capraro

Social Media in Academia (6): Twitter

Provides recommendations on how to get the best out of Twitter

27 Mar 2020 (updated 28 Mar 2023) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Social media in Academia (5): ResearchGate

Provides recommendations on how to get the most out of ResearchGate

09 Mar 2020 (updated 15 Apr 2023) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Social Media in Academia (4): LinkedIn

Provides recommendations on how to get the best out of LinkedIn

27 Feb 2020 (updated 15 Apr 2023) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Social Media in Academia (3): Google Scholar Profiles

Provides recommendations on how to get the best out of Google Scholar Profiles

10 Feb 2020 (updated 14 Jan 2026) - Anne-Wil Harzing

You can’t be known if you don’t interact!

Seminar by Axele Giroud at Middlesex on networking and external engagement for academic success

03 Feb 2020 (updated 05 May 2023) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Social Media in Academia (2): Comparing the options

General recommendations on how to use social media professionally

28 Jan 2020 (updated 15 Apr 2023) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Social Media in Academia (1): Introduction

An introduction into my 8-part blogpost series on social media

16 Jan 2020 (updated 15 Apr 2023) - Anne-Wil Harzing

The four C's of getting cited

Short summary of white paper explaining why competence, collaboration, care and communication help to realise the citation impact of your work

18 Sep 2017 (updated 28 Mar 2023) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Return to Meaning: A Social Science with Something to Say

Gives my reflections on my Summer reading "Return to Meaning" and pleads for individual initiative in creating Positive Academia

01 Sep 2017 (updated 14 Apr 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing

The distinctiveness of European management scholarship

About common sense scholarship that prefers artistic rigour over technical rigour

12 Jun 2017 (updated 02 May 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Measuring the impact of academic research: Best practices and open questions

Reports on a workshop at Birkbeck University in December 2016

09 Dec 2016 (updated 19 Oct 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Transcending the (non)sense of academic rankings

When Knowledge Wins article features in AMLE virtual collection on Principles for Responsible Management Education

02 Nov 2016 (updated 31 Jan 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Nancy Adler: Daring to Care

Nancy Adler's inspirational papers on doing research that matters

04 Oct 2016 (updated 31 Jan 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Replication studies: learning from failure and success

Short commentary illustrating the importance of replication through two examples

09 Jul 2016 (updated 03 Jun 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing

Rocket Science? Networking and External Engagement for Academic Success

Seminar by Axele Giroud at Middlesex presenting the reasons why networking and external engagement constitute complementary skills

20 May 2016 (updated 05 May 2023) - Anne-Wil Harzing