You are required totocritiqueajournal article.This handout will giveyouafew guidelines to follow asyou go.Chooseajournal articlethatyouareinterested in. The followingjournals contain some articles that would besuitable. There arealso many others.
•International Journal ofHuman ResourceManagement
•Journal of Advertising
•Journal of Applied Management Studies
•Journal of Management
•Journal of ManagementAccountingResearch
•Journal of ManagementDevelopment
•Journal of ManagerialIssues
•Journal of Marketing
•Management Decision
Things to look for:
•It should involve some substantial data analysis;
•It should notusesophisticated statistical methodsthat arebeyond this subject.
Evaluation. Yourpaper is marked on the followingcriteria: qualityof content (choice of topic and sources, whetherthe review demonstrates understandingand the ability
to link different sources and draw inferences), style(clarityof presentation, adherence to guidelines as outlinedabove), and thoughtfulness (independence and stringencyof thoughts expressed, in particular, in thediscussion ofimplications).
First of all,your critiqueshould includesomebasic information:
1. Name(s) of the author(s)
2. Titleof article
3. Titleof journal, volume number, date, month andpagenumbers
4. Statement ofthe problemor issuediscussed
5. Literaturereview.
6. The author’s purpose, approach or methods, hypothesis, and major
conclusions.
Thebulk ofyour critique, however, should consistofyour qualified opinion of the article.
Read the articleyou areto critique oncetogetanoverview. Then read it again, critically.At this pointyou maywant to makesome notes toyourself onyour copy.
Thefollowing aresomequestionsyou maywant to address inyour critique.
1. Is the titleof thearticle appropriate andclear?
2. Is theabstract specificand representative ofthearticle?
3. Is the purposeof the article made clear in theintroduction?
4. Arethe studydesign andmethods appropriateforthepurposes of thestudy?
5. Isallof thediscussion relevant?
6. Should some sections of themanuscript be expanded, condensed or omitted?
7. Arethe author’s statements clear?
8. Has the author been objectivein his or her discussion of thetopic?
Assignment Requirement
• Theresearch paper should betypewritten, 1.5 line-spaced, using12-pointsize font times new roman, and should not exceed10 pages (excluding cover page, and references).
• The cover pageshould provide thetitleof theresearch paper, thecomplete student name, studentIDnumber, and course code.
• Thereport should contain thefollowingsections: (1)Introduction; (2)Literature Review; (3)ResearchAims and Objectives; (4)Research Methodology;(5) Discussion; (6)papercritique; (7)Conclusion;(8)References.
Thisassignment is animportant requirementinthis courseandisworth20%of thetotal grade.
Report due: April 2015
Submissionofreports:
• All reports must haveaUniversitycover sheet with allof the appropriate details completed, includingnamesand coursedetails. Cover sheets should be signed byeach member,which usuallyrequiresadvanceplanning.
• Reports must be stapled in the top left-hand corner, or bound (where appropriate).
•All students arerequiredto keep a copyof assignments.
