Individual Essay (Critique Journal Paper).
Word Limit: 1500 Words
The aim of the assignment is to develop your independent research skills by addressing the aspects shown in each section of the suggested essay structure below.
Instruction of Individual Essay:
Introduction: identify and discuss the following aspects. (5%)
• Aim of the research
• Gaps and Contribution – what is the research gap that the authors found for their study
• What is the research paradigm (explain from ontology to methodology)
Referring only to the reviewed journal paper: students should discuss briefly the aim of the study, the gaps and main findings and to identify and explain the research paradigm pathway that was adopted.
Literature review: discuss the following parts. (30%)
• Previous studies (theory or model)
• Use of previous studies (theory or model)
You are required to discuss following aspects:
Previous studies (theory or model):Identity what are the theories in the literature that the authors identified.
Use of previous studies (theory or model) in this study:Explain how the authors adapted these existing theories to develop their study.
Discuss the theory from the literature review and explain why these previous studies are important and relevant to this study.
This section is very important because it shows the main foundation of the study that could be the main motivation of the study.
Also, it is strongly connected to the hypothesis development because literature review contains the rational and fundamental explanation of the developing hypothesis.
Methods and Analysis: (20%)
• Identifying research questions/hypothesis of the study.
• Measures – identifying independent, dependent and control variables.
• Explaining the method applied to this study.
Discuss the hypothesis of this study: ideally, students need to focus on the linkage between hypothesis and literature review. For instance, how they build the hypothesis or what was theoretical background for development of the hypothesis.
Identify key variables such as independent variables, dependent variables, and control variables. Briefly explain how they are measured and the type of data. Also identify the method adopted for the study.
Conclusion (5%)
Identifying theoretical and empirical contribution of the study.
Your suggestions or proposal (40%)
How would you improve this research? What would you do differently?
This final section is all about your suggestion.
Research on the topic and identify alternative theory to apply for the study (INTERDISCIPLINARY CONSIDERATION).
In other words, it needs to find an alternative theory to explain the main argument of the study. Also, students can make suggestions such as including other additional variables, applying to the different markets, different sample size, different methods and so on.
However, these suggestions are secondary improvement. Please focus on theory that you can apply in explanation of the main argument of the paper.
Finally, when you are making any suggestion, you need to show the academic reference for each suggestion.
