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Assignment: Introduction and Background (8-10 pages)

• Evaluate critically the peer-reviewed articles you selected in Week 2.

• Prepare an "Introduction" and "Background" that summarizes the peer-reviewed articles you selected.

In Week 2 (the assignment is attached) , you gathered peer-reviewed articles related to a topic on work motivation(Maslow Hierarchy of Needs) covered in this course. This week, you critically evaluate the articles you selected and summarize each article's main points, findings, and/or conclusions. The purpose of this assignment is to critically evaluate the literature and identify gaps in the literature.

The assignment (8-10 pages):

Develop an "Introduction" and "Background" section for your Final Project that includes:

• An overview of relevant theories related to the motivation topic you selected.

• A description of major theoretical propositions and/or major hypotheses of those theories.

• A review and synthesis of the studies related to the motivation topic you selected.

• A review and synthesis of studies related to the key independent, dependent, and covariate variables in order to produce a description and explanation of what is known about the variables, what is controversial (i.e., mixed findings by researchers), and what remains to be studied.

Support your assignment with specific references to all resources used in its preparation. You are to provide a reference list for all resources, including those in the Learning Resources for this course.