Innovation Through Conceptual Research: Tips for Stoking Curiosity

Q2 Business, Management and Accounting

Global Business and Organizational Excellence Pub Date : 2024-10-06 DOI:10.1002/joe.22278

Jun Wen

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Conceptual research represents a critical step in the theory-building process and contributes innovative ideas that inspire empirical studies. This feature article highlights the importance of such research in academia with examples drawn from the tourism literature. It also critically discusses issues related to publishing conceptual research in premier journals. By using a five-dimension framework of curiosity (i.e., deprivation sensitivity, joyous exploration, social curiosity, stress tolerance, and thrill seeking), scholars can assess researchers’ conceptual topics and readers’ responses when contemplating “what's new” to gauge a paper's publication potential. Several tips are offered to guide like-minded scholars in conducting sound conceptual research: (1) interdisciplinary work offers sterling opportunities for investigators to collaboratively address pain points in society, highlighting tourism as part of the solution; (2) writing science is an art meant to communicate insights to interested parties, and effective message delivery helps to ensure impactful research that will engage stakeholders; and (3) with the proliferation of artificial intelligence, conceptual research presents a chance to bring human (and humanity)-oriented issues to life. Overall, conceptual research opens an avenue through which scholars can make a difference in their and other disciplines as well as for society.

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通过概念研究进行创新：激发好奇心的技巧

概念研究代表了理论构建过程中的关键一步，并提供了启发实证研究的创新思想。这篇专题文章强调了这种研究在学术界的重要性，并从旅游文献中抽取了例子。它还批判性地讨论了与在主要期刊上发表概念研究相关的问题。通过使用好奇心的五维框架（即剥夺敏感性、欢乐探索、社会好奇心、压力耐受性和寻求刺激），学者们可以评估研究人员的概念主题和读者在思考“什么是新的”时的反应，以衡量论文的发表潜力。本文提供了一些建议，以指导志同道合的学者进行合理的概念性研究：(1)跨学科工作为研究人员提供了合作解决社会痛点的绝佳机会，强调旅游业是解决方案的一部分；(2)科学写作是一门艺术，旨在向相关方传达见解，有效的信息传递有助于确保有影响力的研究，吸引利益相关者；(3)随着人工智能的扩散，概念研究提供了一个将人类（和人性）导向的问题带入生活的机会。总的来说，概念研究开辟了一条途径，通过这条途径，学者们可以在他们的学科和其他学科以及社会中发挥作用。

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Global Business and Organizational Excellence Business, Management and Accounting-Business and International Management

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