Of Mindfulness, Miles & Mastery in Scholarly Pursuits

 

Date: Friday 28th June 2019

 

Venue: 1.015WBS, Scarman Road – Workshop

 

Time: Workshop commences 13.00 hrs (Lunch for registered participants available in 2.006 from 12.00hrs)

 

 

Abstract:

The goals of scholarly pursuits are largely consistent across disciplines, cultures and time: to offer useful new insights based on sound evidence that pass the peer test of advancing what we know about something worth knowing. The means to successful scholarly pursuits—a scholar’s craft—is, by contrast, more varied, ever-changing, and hard-to-pin despite numerous how to guides outlining its essential ingredients and processes. Most how-to guides, however, take a tactical approach to scholar’s craft.  Without prejudice toward tactical approaches, I will discuss a strategic approach to complement and, to the extent feasible, tame and transcend the tactical approaches.  The strategic approach I advance brings together 3 ideas: (a) mindfulness, implying that scholars need mindfulness capabilities to hone their craft, (b) miles, implying that the path one pursues matters in cultivating the craft throughout one’s career, and (c) mastery, implying that a professional’s metric is being scholarly not just scholarship.  I will illustrate these ideas, and engage the group in a discussion to explore their relevance and assimilation in a professional’s practice.

Biography:

Jagdip Singh is AT&T Professor of Marketing at the Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr Singh holds a Ph.D. in Marketing from the Texas Tech University (1985), and Bachelor in Technology (Electrical Engineering) from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (1975).  In 1992, Dr. Singh received the Case Western Reserve University’s John S. Diekhoff award for excellence in graduate teaching, and the Excellence in Doctoral Teaching and Mentoring award in 2007 and again in 2017.  Dr Singh is also twice recipient of the Weatherhead School of Management’s Research Recognition Award for outstanding contributions to research (1997, 2018).  In 2019, Dr Singh was awarded the University’s Faculty Distinguished Research award, the highest honor for enduring and significant research impact.  Dr Singh has also received "Excellence in Reviewing" awards from the Journal of Marketing, Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, Journal of Retailing, and the Journal of Personal Selling and Sales Management.  Dr. Singh has published in journals such as Journal of Marketing, Journal of Marketing Research, Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Journal of Consumer Research, Management Science, Journal of Management Studies, Psychological Assessment, Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, Journal of Service Research, Journal of the American Medical Association, Medical Care, and the Journal of Retailing.