Reference no: EM133315169

The topic is "The challenges and opportunities of doing business in a knowledge-based economy".

Quantitative Research Question Examples

Question 1. What is the relationship between leadership style and the leader's ability to gain executive level support?

Question 2. What is the relationship between leadership style and the organization's ability to successfully engage in change initiatives?

It should be noted that these questions are focused on the relationship between known factors (variables).

In the first question the variables are leadership style and ability to gain support.

The second on the variables are leadership style and the ability of the organization to change. Each of these could be used to develop testable null hypotheses. As an example, the second Research Question could be used to develop these null hypotheses:

• There is no statistically significant relationship between passive avoidant leadership style and the organization's success in completing change initiatives.
• There is no statistically significant relationship between transactional leadership style and the organization's success in completing change initiatives.
• There is no statistically significant relationship between transformational leadership style and the organization's success in completing change initiatives.

Following the list of research questions, you will discuss how each research question (and sub-questions) addresses aspects of the specific problem sentence to include the resulting consequences. Finally, you will discuss how taken together, the research questions (and sub-questions) fully address the specific problem statement.

The specific problem"

The specific problem to be addressed is the possible lack of a knowledge-based economy in Qatar countries, potentially resulting in a decline in the standard of living, an increase in the number of people living in poverty, and a decline in the country's ability to compete internationally.