Business Research Introduction

BUSA 2185 BUSINESS RESEARCH

Spring 2019

Assignment 3

Literature Review (Summarizing the literature in chart)

(25 points)

Submission and Formatting:

- Typed double-spaced lines, Times New Roman, size 12 font, 1-inch margins, letter-sized pages (8.5 x 11 inches)

- Save as a Microsoft Word (.doc/.docx) file and name your assignment in this format Name_Last Name_BUSA 2185_Assignment 3

- You have to provide 5 more article summaries related to your topic in below format. Grading for each article summary will be distributed equally to each article (25/5). You should add this summaries in previous assignment’s chart.

Now it’s time to develop the focus of your project and collecting relevant literature for review. This assignment is critical to writing your literature review. A literature review is an objective, critical summary of published research literature relevant to a topic under consideration for research. Its purpose is to create familiarity with current thinking and research on a particular topic, and may justify future research into a previously overlooked or understudied area. Here is the template chart for this assignment:

	Complete bibliographic citation in APA Format	Research Question(s)/ Purpose(s)	Theoretical Background	Methodology—how is the project done?	Primary Findings	Criticisms and/or Future Research Areas	Primary concepts or ideas relevant to YOUR specific project
Tips	Tip: You can find major guideline in the Attachment 1 in the syllabus (page 17) or you can use Purdue OWL Online lab for help with formatting your reference list: https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_formatting_and_style_guide/general_format.html	Provide the research question and research purpose of the article.	Provide which theory was used and give brief definition of this theory.	Provide which methodology, data analysis was used in the research paper.	Provide finding of the research.	Provide criticism or future research opportunities.	How this research article is related your topic.
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