Doctoral journey: Successfully complete your doctorate in management sciences

The doctorate is much more than just training for research: it is an intellectual, social and ethical experience that transforms our relationship with knowledge, the world and ourselves. This book offers a structured reading of the doctoral process in management and social sciences, combining philosophical reflection, sociological analysis and rigorous methodological tools. Drawing on classical and contemporary references, it presents entry into research as an initiation process marked by the questioning of certainties, a transition phase, and then gradual integration into the scientific community. The book goes on to describe the epistemological foundations of management research and the key stages in the design of a scientific project, looking at qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods from the angles of rigor, reflexivity and ethics, with a particular focus on the processes involved.Finally, it analyzes the human and institutional issues involved in the doctoral process, and makes recommendations for the future.