Important to the research study and to business in general

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The research project should ideally be conducted in a real organization. However, life in school is usually far from ideal. There are issues with getting entry into organizations, getting permission to use their employees for class projects- all within the short framework of a semester.

For the purpose of this class project you may use an aspirational organization. However, you do need to collect Real data from real subjects- identify subjects who are most likely to represent employees in your aspirational organization – these could be your online and offline contacts (previous classes have had a lot of success with Facebook and LinkdIn contacts). If you do so, you will need to explain your method of sample selection in detail in the paper.

Company is Facebook

Outline for Research Paper

The research paper should contain the following sections. It should be written as a formal research report, one which you can present to an organization. Please ensure your language is formal.

Use 12 size font and standard 1 inch margins. Make sure the whole report is double spaced.

Points will be deducted for not adhering to this format.

Title page- with your name

Executive Summary- a 1-2 page summary of everything in the study. Remember to be brief. DO NOT Explain your hypotheses in detail here.

Introduction:

Research question

Motivation for the research- why the research question is relevant- a brief literature review.

Literature review and Hypotheses

Develop 3-5 hypotheses that you will be testing based on the research question

Use the literature review to justify the hypotheses (since our class is more about the analyses, you may keep this portion short, NOT non-existent). Illustrate the hypotheses with a box and arrow model ( in the appendix)

Make sure you embed the hypotheses within the Literature review- Discuss the research, develop the first hypothesis, then discuss more research, develop the second hypothesis and so on.

DO NOT enumerate your hypothesis as a list after the literature research.

Methods- this is the largest section of the paper and should contain as much detail as you can include, since it is representative of the entire course.

Sample- where did you collect the data from? In the case of this paper, this will be a mostly convenience sample. It will be a good idea to discuss the limitations of such a sample and also include what a good sample for the study would be.

Power analysis- Based on the variables of interest and effect size, what is the right sample size for the study.

Variables: Discuss in detail the variables for the study in terms of Independent variables, Dependent Variables, Moderators (if used) and the scales used to measure them. This section should contain

Scales of measurement

Items and reliabilities (in terms of Chronbach’s alpha) - what items did you keep, what did you remove? There is no need to describe the process of obtaining the alpha in detail. Just report the final alpha

Descriptive Statistics and Correlations ( in a table in the appendix.*)

Analysis: How did you test your hypotheses? Discuss this making sure to include

Tests used- why did you use the tests you did? Discuss their assumptions and limitations with respect to the sample and study. Tabulate the relevant analyses ( i.e for regression*).

Findings- were your hypotheses supported? Why or why not?

Discussion- Summarize your findings with respect to the original research question. Discuss each hypothesis, stating why it was important to the research study and to business in general. Also discuss

Managerial/ Organizational Implications- what are the larger implications of your findings. How can they be helpful to managers in organizations

Limitations – What are the limitations of your study- among other things, discuss the convenience sample, the assumptions of the tests used, any other limitations that you may have noticed with regard to other similar studies.

Future research- what future directions do you see your research taking?

References – in APA format

Appendix – with tables, figures and the survey instrument used.

Please ensure that all tables report only the relevant numbers as required in the paper. Please DO NOT dump all your SPSS output in the paper.

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