Annotated Bibliography

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Annotated Bibliography

Lymari Santiago Rodriguez

Ashford University

GEN103: Information Literacy

Karmin Ruocco

October 20, 2020

Human Resources Management impacting the employee’s morale

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Research Question:

How can Human Resources Management impact (positive or negative) the workers' morale and

how this helps the organization productivity?

Scholarly Article 1

Reference:

Khan, M., Yusoff, R., Hussain, A., Ismail, F. (2019). The Mediating Effect of Job Satisfaction on

the Relationship of HR Practices and Employee Job Performance: Empirical Evidence

from the Higher Education Sector. International Journal of Organizational Leadership.

Vol. 8, Issue 1, page 1. http://bi.gale.com.proxy-library.ashford.edu/global/article/GALE

%7CA583382445?u=ashford

Annotation:

This is a scholarly journal article is about how Human Resources Management impacts the

employees and the reflection of this in their job performance on the Pakistan public sector. The

research and study of 300 faculty members from different universities were done by a self-

administered questionnaire and to get the results they used Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA)

and structural equational modeling (SEM). My major in Human Resources Management has

made me contemplate and in this assignment giving I am working on a topic for my research on

how HR impacts the workers and productivity. This article gives good evidence information to

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1. how this helps the

organization productivity?

Please see your Week 1

Assignment feedback. The

research question meets the

assignment criteria, but it

needs to be reworded for

clarity - I would recommend

here to say "how does this

help the organization's

productivity" [Karmin

Ruocco]

2. The Mediating Effect of

Job Satisfaction on the

Relationship of HR

Practices and Employee

Job Performance: Empirical

Evidence

from the Higher Education

Sector.

In the journal title, only the

first word of the title & the first

word after the colon should

be formatted, per APA

guidelines. [Karmin Ruocco]

3. Vol. 8, Issue 1, page 1.

This part should be formatted

in this way: 8(1), 1. The

volume # of the journal should

also be in italics. [Karmin

Ruocco]

4. My major in Human

Resources Management

has

made me contemplate and

in this assignment giving I

am working on a topic for

my research on how HR

impacts the workers and

productivity.

This information is not

needed - only address the

questions outlined in the

instructions in each

annotation paragraph.

Anything else is not

necessary. [Karmin Ruocco]

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make my paper strong. The HR world has been changing and even more with evidence of studies

that shows over and over that happier workers are hardworking and effective workers.

Knowing the value of your employees and letting them know how valuable they are is a must in

the HRM. The article separates and explains different HR practices which the authors believe are

the most common but keep in mind this will vary from company because some might have more

or fewer practices in HR. When recruitment is done and taken into consideration the needs to fill

the vacant position this can lead to positive outcomes. Training means workers are given the

knowledge to feel confident about what they are doing this having a positive outcome as well.

Performance Appraisal is the way of acknowledging the hard work and saying thanks to the

employee it sounds basic since we have been thought to say thanks. Compensation is another

practice of HR it can be a day off, a gift certificate, or even a bonus to show how much you value

them and that is the reward for the hard work. Another HR practice is job satisfaction where job

evaluation surveys are given to the employees. This practice is feedback for the organization to

see if there is something that needs to change. It has been proven in this article that the HR

practices well-implemented have the benefit of job satisfaction and better productivity.

Scholarly Article 2

Reference:

Kalušić, A., Talović, M., Ormanović, Š., (2019). The Role and Importance of Motivation of

HRM. Sport Scientific & Practical Aspects, Vol. 16 Issue 1, p 1-17.

http://eds.a.ebscohost.com.proxy-library.ashford.edu/eds/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?

vid=14&sid=13b1e947-e47b-43cc-9fa3-00eb966771b5%40sdc-v-sessmgr02

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1. Knowing

From here forward in this

annotation, the questions

outlined in the assignment

instructions are not

addressed here. Each

annotation should be exactly

2 paragraphs long and only

address the questions

outlined in the instructions (I

also went over these in the

assignment help video I

posted in the class

Announcements). The

questions that need to be

addressed in paragraph 2 of

each source annotation are:

• How adequately does the

source support its thesis? •

How current is the information

in the source relative to your

research question? • How

credible and authoritative is

the source for your research

question? • What limitations, if

any, did you note in the

source? • How does the

source help answer your

research question? [Karmin

Ruocco]

2. Reference:

Please see previous

comment re: APA formatting.

As a suggestion, the APA

References Guide can be

helpful for learning APA

formatting and for providing

examples of commonly used

source types:

https://content.bridgepointedu

cation.com/curriculum/file/fb0

c31c7-e508-4a16-9d89-

d3021a0d7af4/1/APA%20Ref

erences%20Guide.pdf

[Karmin Ruocco]

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Annotation:

This scholarly journal article is about motivation as a tool in Human Resources Management.

Motivation is express in different ways within the workplace, it can be shown in the quality of

work. This article enlightens how motivation works and its effects on the work environment.

Motivation is the main topic for this article and it can be applied not only to the workplace but to

all environments even the house. Like the other article, the authors talk about rewarding as part

of a key element to let the employee the company cares. The way Human Resources has changed

from what it was only hiring and firing to know days a complex key department for a company

to keep afloat. Diagram charts are also presented in the article to explain McClelland's

Motivational Theory.

Going in-depth on how psychologically motivation works the authors have used certain

resources that I will be using in my final assignment. Material and non-material rewards are a

form of motivation to meet the organization's mission. With the emphasis on motivation, it is

safe for the organization to keep all the material and non-material rewards as fair as possible

because if not the outcome of this will be devastating for the company. Having employees not

treated equally is a big deal and it can hurt morale.

EBook

Reference:

Bruce, A. (2003). Building a High Morale Workplace. McGraw-Hill Professional.

Annotation:

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1. Going

Please see comments in the

previous source regarding

what is needed in paragraph

2. You did address how this

helps you to answer your

research question in the first

sentence here, but the

remaining requirements are

not addressed.

Be sure to make these

corrections in the Week 5

Assignment as 9 points of

that assignment will come

from applying your Week 3

Assignment feedback.

[Karmin Ruocco]

2. Reference:

Be sure to provide the URL

for the source at the end of

the reference. This is required

in APA formatting, but is also

needed to confirm that the

source was obtained in the

AU Library (one of the

requirements for the

assignment). [Karmin

Ruocco]

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Human is not the same as we used to know it as a simple department for hiring, keeping the

personal information of employees, and firing. It was terrifying to know you had to visit the HR

lady nowadays it means progression. The book emphasizes on morale, how to boost it, the

consequences of low morale, how to be a good manager for the employees, and building morale

and maintaining it. It's almost a checklist of things to accomplish for companies or organizations

to care for the employees and employers. How to become the helping manager is a human skill

not all managers have but with a little training, it is possible to obtain. The authors are writing for

the managers' population giving tips and steps on how to treat people. Being a leader is never

easy and as a manager, you have to lead from the front.

You want your team to work together how do you do this if they don't get along? These types of

situations and examples are given throughout the book giving you different solutions. Also steps

to help boost morale which is helpful to everyone not only the managers. Anyone can be a leader

and not necessarily be in a manager position. Managers have the responsibility of the workers

and they have to train, motivate, and lead. Once the worker has managed a skill in his department

encourage to apply for another position with better pay this is a motivation the workers will

appreciate even if they don't apply for the job. Just this act is a way of telling them they are

assets to the company. Earning employees' trust is beneficial for you as a manager and the

company. The examples of well-known companies are a great tool and eye-opener on how you

don't need to do the same but there is always a way to motivate, boost morale, care, lead, and

gain the trust of the employees.

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1. front.

You started out well with this

paragraph, but need to more

clearly state what the 2 forms

of support used in this source

were - it is unclear here.

[Karmin Ruocco]

2. You

Please see previous

comments about the

requirements for paragraph 2

of each source annotation.

Those requirements are not

addressed here and will need

to be corrected in the Week 5

Assignment. [Karmin

Ruocco]

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Library Tutoring Summary:

Lymari S.

Hi, I am having trouble understanding the search for the ebook in the library search

section. I have selected on the advance search Limit to Scholarly / Peer Reviewed but

I notice on my results some of them say ebook does this means I have ebook sources

available as well?

Erin B.

Hello Lymari, I am happy to assist!

Erin B.

Just click on enter lesson

Lymari S.

hi yes I clicked on entering lesson

Erin B.

Perfect!

Erin B.

When you search using the library search, you will get all sorts of results. If you go

to the limit by source option, you can limit to just the types of sources you want.

Lymari S.

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Thanks I wanted to clarify because it is a little confusing.

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