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Assignment: Leadership Styles Influence Annotated Bibliography
Annotated Bibliographies & Scholarly Research
Question I. To begin honing your research ability this class will require you to conduct scholarly research and create annotated bibliographies. You must summarize a peer-reviewed article in around 1 page or less. Do not copy the Abstract, summarize in your words the key aspects of the article:
Question A. Who are the authors affiliated with (schools, business, think tank etc),
Question B. What type of study / research methodology was conducted (quantitative/qualitative; surveys/interviews),
Question C. Who/what was the population studied (manager/students/employees),
Question D. What were the authors looking for (what was their purpose in the study),
Question E. What were the key findings (what did they find/ did they find what they expected),
Question F. What does this mean for the field of study (so what/who cares), etc.
Question II. There are generally 2 styles of peer-reviewed articles you will encounter: (i) Studies, and (ii) Literature Reviews. You will cover each of these styles a bit differently. For studies you will want to include all 6 of the items listed in Step I. For Literature Reviews items 2 and 3 will generally not apply. Instead in these cases you want to discuss the types of literature reviewed and the purpose for that review. Why were the author(s) reviewing past literature and what was it that they found?
Question III. What is a scholarly article? A scholarly article is respected and peer-reviewed research based on previous researchers' findings and includes the findings of the new study. Scholars build upon each other to increase the body of literature; opinions do not matter and are not supported. The only thing that counts is that which can be proven and replicated. I recommend this site if you would like additional information.
Question IV. What is a Digital Object Identifier or DOI? The short answer is that a DOI is the digital ID that will remain with that document forever. It is similar to a URL in that you can use it like a URL to get to a webpage, but it is different in that it will never change. The DOI is normally listed on the article. You can also find the DOI by using the webpage: CrossRef.org. Finally, you can try to Google the name of the article and "doi" and that will normally get a hit. Once you have the DOI, it is included in your entry as "doi: 10.11/XXX". (Note that the DOI is in lowercase letters.) In the case that the DOI does not exist you must use the JOURNAL's webpage, not the ProQuest or the UIU library link. If your article is from the Journal of Applied Psychology you would use.