The Doctoral Research Study Journey
To prepare for this assignment, you must first identify an organizational problem that you might pursue for your doctoral research study/dissertation. Consider the following questions. You do not have to submit your answers to the questions, but they will help you in choosing articles for this assignment.
- Why is this a professional problem worth researching?
- How could this problem be researched using quantitative methodology?
- How could this problem be researched using qualitative methodology?
- Based on what you have learned about methodology, which method would be more appropriate to use for this particular problem? Why?
For this assignment, you will evaluate articles so that you can begin to develop your literature review. Select five peer-reviewed scholarly articles based on your chosen organizational problem.
Evaluate and discuss each of the five articles by addressing each of the following:
- Provide a summary of the article.
- Describe how the scholarly article’s main idea fits with your problem.
- Identify and list the problem statement, purpose statement, and research questions.
- Do the problem and purpose statements align with the research questions? Why or why not?
Your paper should be at least five pages in length. Adhere to APA Style when constructing this assignment, including in-text citations and references for all sources that are used. Please note that no abstract is needed.