Description
Locate a scholarly peer-reviewed article (published within the last five to seven years) that reports a study conducted using a quasi-experimental research design. The study should involve an investigation of some aspect of employee behaviors or employee attitudes in a work setting.
Tasks:
- Read, summarize, analyze, and critique the article. Your analysis needs to include a discussion of the appropriateness of the research design for the study.
- In your paper, make sure you include your interpretation of the results as well as your evaluation of the strengths and weaknesses associated with the study and include any changes to the research design you would recommend.
- Identify any ethical, legal, or diversity considerations that may be involved with the research study. Suggest guidelines for conducting ethical research involving people in work settings.
Use the following headings to organize your paper:
- Study summary
- Results
- Study analysis and critique
- Appropriateness of the research design
- Strengths and weaknesses of the study
- Suggested changes to the research design
- Ethical, legal, and diversity considerations
- Ethical guidelines
- Conclusion
- References
Your final product should be a Microsoft Word document, approximately 3–5 pages in length, utilizing a minimum of three scholarly sources. Make sure you employ proper grammar and spelling and apply current APA standards for writing style to your work.
Explanation & Answer
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Article Critique- Outline
Thesis Statement: The quasi-experimental research proved that job redesigning can improve
employee performance.
I. Summary
II. Results
III. Study critique and analysis
A. Appropriateness of design
B. Strengths and weaknesses
C. Ethical, legal, and diversity considerations
IV. Ethical guidelines
V. Conclusion
Running head: ARTICLE CRITIQUE
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Article Critique
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ARTICLE CRITIQUE
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Article Critique
Employee behavior and attitudes in the workplace largely affect the general productivity
of the organization. The behavior of employees is also based on job design and how they interact
with their jobs. The article by Dr. David Holman and Dr. Carolyn Axtell reviews the effect of job
redesign on a broad range of employee outcomes based on a change of several job
characteristics. In this quasi-experimental study, the researchers used a U.K Civil Service agency
call center as the context for the research. The quasi experimental study was conducted
according to the scenarios planning method and the treatment group participated in the results
assessment and implementation. The assignment of teams rather than individuals to the treatment
and control groups was random (Holman & Axtell, 2016). Therefore, although the assignment
was random, members’ groups defined the group which they were assigned to hence making the
study quasi-e...
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