Week 6 assignment 2

Use of Citations and References for Assignments

The use of citations and references for this course must be followed. The primary reason for adhering to the below information is to confirm and validate cited paper information.

Citations

Each time that information is either quoted or paraphrased from other’s work there must be a citation used to cover such information. The citation must be placed directly before or immediately after the quoted or paraphrased words. Directly quoted words will also be inside quotation marks. The citation must also have at least 3 parts: (1) an author, (2) a year, and (3) a page or paragraph number depending on the type of source. This is extremely important so that anything you have written claiming to come from a source can be validated.

Example of Quoted Information

According to Lussier and Hendon (2019, p. 53) “HR managers need to recruit, select, train, and interact with employees differently based on different organizational strategies.” Notice that quoted information has quotation marks and the citation was placed before the quote and has 3 parts.

Example of Paraphrased Information Based on Above Quote

HR must be aware of differences in company strategies so that they recruit, train, and interact appropriately with all types of employees (Lussier & Hendon, 2019, p. 53). Note that paraphrased information does not require quotation marks but the citation still has 3 parts and this time came after the paraphrased words.

NOTE: In either of the examples above or any other “borrowed” information you must have 3 parts to the citations, and you may place the citations directly before or immediately after the sourced words (your choice). If there are not 3 parts to the citations it makes it difficult to locate the information represented by the citation. Each time a citation is missing all 3 parts, points will be deducted from assignments.

References

Only quality references may be used for all assignments. Avoid using non-quality information or web sites. When listing references on the assignment reference page follow general APA rules for how to list the reference.

Example Book Reference and Quality Web site Reference

Book

Mathis, R. L., Jackson, J. H., & Valentine, S. R. (2015). Human resource management (15th ed.). Stamford, CT: Cengage Learning.

Acceptable Web site Reference

Sammer, J. (2019). Pay equity shines spotlight on compensation alignment. Retrieved from the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) web site at https://www.shrm.org/ResourcesAndTools/hr-topics/compensation/Pages/pay-equity-shines-spotlight-on-compensation-alignment.aspx

If you use an article or paper from a web site, Ebsco Host, research.strayer.edu, or any other journal-type organization, you must include “retrieved from” information when listing the reference.

Example

You use the following reference for information in your paper:

Rees, C & Edwards, T. (2009). Management strategies and HR in international mergers: Choice, constraints, and pragmatism. Human Resource Management Journal. 2009, Vol. 19 Issue 1, p24-39. 16p. 1 Chart. DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-8583.2008.00087.x.

Same reference but you must now include the retrieved from link and thus the reference reads:

Rees, C & Edwards, T. (2009). Management strategies and HR in international mergers: Choice, constraints, and pragmatism. Human Resource Management Journal. 2009, Vol. 19 Issue 1, p24-39. 16p. 1 Chart. DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-8583.2008.00087.x. Retrieved from https://eds-b-ebscohost-com.libdatab.strayer.edu/eds/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=6&sid=6d8b3b11-b4c6-4cef-a520-c53647eb3956%40sdc-v-sessmgr02

NOTE: If you use an online e-book you must also include a “retrieved from” address so the source can be found.