Follow the guidelines of the manuscript in detail.
The research paper involves quantitative data in the form of raw data, through an excel file.
There is three documents that must be turned in separately.
An Excel file, The actual paper and The sources in PDF form.
Below and attached will be the guidelines to the paper (Manuscript).
The grading rubric and examples of what this research report should look like will be attached as well.
2. Abstract Page – write a summary of your paper.
3. Introduction
3.1. Business Problem or Opportunity – State the business problem or business opportunity (do not talk about the research question. Instead explain why you want to explore the research topic). Explain the importance of find answers to the business problem or business opportunities to the business, or to the industry, or to society.
3.2. Literature Review – As stated in the APA Manual, the Literature Review “describes the relevant scholarship.” Remember to tie academic and non-academic articles in the literature review. The literature review supports your research question and the relationship between the dependent and independent variables and hypothesis. I expect to see critical thinking or counterpoint analysis in your literature review (i.e., positive and negative aspects of technology in the workplace environment). Do not overuse quotation marks. Paraphrase all sources and avoid plagiarism.
3.3. Research Question, Variables and Hypothesis – State the research question, both DV and IV, hypothesis. Use the content from the Literature Review to justify your research question, variables and hypothesis.
3.4. Conceptual Model – Provide and explain the Conceptual Model also known as Toulmin Model.
4. Method (describes in detail how the study was conducted, including conceptual and operational definitions of the variables used in the study. Identify the following subsections:
4.1 Description of the secondary data. Remember that you are required to provide at least one hundred cases in your data set.
4.2 Describe the procedures used in the study; how and where you found your secondary data, explain if you have cleaned your data, and explain why you decided to clean your data.
4.3 Explain measurement approaches (explain the type of statistical analysis adopted in your research) and describe the research design.
5. Results – summarize the collected data (qualitative and quantitative) explaining how they relate to your research question, and IV and DV). Report the data in detail to justify your conclusions. Statistics and data analysis must be part of the results section. Please provide all the Excel tables and graphs that will help the reader understand the data, the hypothesis testing, and ultimately answer your research question. Provide all Excel outputs you have used to analyze your secondary data. Please embed all tables, graphs, and plots in the text. See the instructions bellow. There is no Appendices section in your paper.
6. Discussion – explain the implications, or consequences, of your findings (qualitative and quantitative data) to all stakeholders (audience) interested in your research. Make sure to emphasize any theoretical or practical consequences of the results. Open the Discussion section with a clear statement of the support or non-support for your research question, the relationship between DV and IV, and hypothesis. State the similarities and differences between your results and the work of other researchers and practitioners. Use the similarities and differences to contextualize, confirm, and clarify your conclusions. In this section, you must report the limitations of the study. Finally, you must also state how future research could use your findings to explore the research topic further, and most important, explain how managers will benefit from your research findings.
7. References (make sure to acknowledge the work of previous researchers, journalists, managers, Internet sources, and so on.) ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Submit the following files:
1- One Word.doc file with your Final Report
2- One Excel file with your raw data, statistical analysis, tables, plots, graphs
3- Submit all pdf files with all academic and non-academic articles cited in your Research Paper.
