Integrated Article Review

This review is worth 15% of your overall grade. The review should be 4–5 pages in length,

12point font, Times New Roman Font, and double-spaced. This page count does not include the

title page, tables, graphics, or reference pages. Do not submit an abstract. In addition, submit

the final copy as a .doc, not .pdf.

Additional

Details:

You must select three peer-reviewed journal articles (http://lib.fit.edu/) to read and analyze.

These articles must cover a topic in Organizational Behavior that you have either read about or

discussed within the class. Select a topic that interests you. You will take the main points or

themes from each of these articles and integrate them into paper. The paper is not a literature

review and should not be a simple listing of each article. These articles must be from

peer reviewed journal articles; do not use trade magazines, books, newspapers, and similar.

• These articles cannot be any older than 5 years old. Your articles need relevant and

current data

• The three articles must be sourced and cited within the paper

• No more than 15% of your paper should be from direct quotes

• The 4–5-page paper must be arranged as a single-read with paragraph transitions. Do

not simply discuss each article and paste it together as your paper

• All sources must be cited in APA format within the reference page and in-text citations

• The current edition of the APA is the guiding manual for form and style for this project.

Each student is expected to find relevant, recent, and credible research. Under no

circumstances will reference from dictionaries or encyclopedias be accepted as

references, including online sources such as Wikipedia

• Submit your paper to have it checked for any plagiarism issues

• Some areas of focus for your article review (These are just suggestions)

o Why did you select the article? o What

are the reasons for the research?

· Do you agree/disagree with the author’s hypotheses?

· Any assumptions within the article?

· Conclusions?

· Any additional data you find relevant to the topic

• If you need additional research or library assistance, here’s a link:

http://libguides.lib.fit.edu/organizational_behavior (Links to an external site.)

• Refer to the integrated article review rubric in the syllabus for guidelines and

expectations

Sources for Integrated Article Review

The link below will provide you with instructions on how to access databases and suggested

journals to get you started. You can also find citation information in the guide.

http://libguides.lib.fit.edu/organizational behavior (Links to an external site.)

You will need your Tracks username and password to access the databases and journals.

For additional information on using APA:

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/ (Links to an external site.)

Plagiarism

You are expected to write primarily in your own voice, using paraphrase, summary, and

synthesis techniques when integrating information from class and outside sources. Use an

author’s exact words only when the language is especially vivid, unique, or needed for technical

accuracy. Failure to do so may result in charges of Academic Dishonesty.

Overusing an author’s exact words, such as including block quotations to meet word counts,

may lead your readers to conclude that you lack appropriate comprehension of the subject

matter or that you are neither an original thinker nor a skillful writer.