General regulations of the HSG
Please base your work on the general regulations of the HSG:
All scientific papers at the University of St.Gallen must be accompanied by a signed declaration of authorship.
Literature
A selection of basic literature on science and technology studies can be found on the department's home page.
We recommend to use a literature management program such as Endnote, Zotero, Citavi or Mendeley when writing your thesis. The HSG offers access to these tools as well as support in learning the applications
Qualitative research
We recommend the following basic literature on qualitative research:
- Flick, U. (2018) An Introduction to Qualitative Research. 6th edition, London: Sage.
- Soldano, J. & Omasta, M. (2017) Qualitative Research: Analyzing Life. London: Sage.
- Eriksson, P. & Kovalainen, A. (2012) Qualitative Methods in Business Research. 2nd edition, London: Sage.
Academic writing
The language of the work must be non-discriminatory. The HSG language guidelines explicitly mention linguistic inequalities based on age, skin color, gender, language, national or social origin, etc. as discriminatory. Citation styles such as the APA style also contain regulations on non-discriminatory language.
The Writing Lab at the University of St.Gallen offers writing workshops and individual writing consultations.
Length and typical outline of the paper
The following table gives you a guide for writing empirical and theoretical papers.
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Empirical papers
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Theoretical papers
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10 % Introduction
10 - 30 % Theory and state of research
10 % Method and analysis procedure
30 % Empirical evidence
10 % Conclusion
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10 % Introduction
10 % Method and analysis procedure
70 % Theory and state of research
10 % Conclusion
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The recommendations here are to be understood as supplementary to the official fact sheets. In addition, please note that these are by no means purely quantitative; rather, the successful submission of this work depends on the substance of the individual chapters.