Literature Review: Final Submission Assignment Instructions
Overview
The purpose of this Literature Review is for you to create a scholarly piece of graduate-level research and writing which conforms to current APA format. Competency in current APA format is required of all Business graduates of Liberty University, as set forth by policy of both the graduate faculty and the administration.
A literature review does not attempt to answer a research question, it simply compares the research findings, trends, and debates regarding a fairly narrow topic. You will explore the similarities and differences in the research findings regarding your topic.
You will write a Literature Review of 1800-2100 words (excluding the title page, abstract, and reference pages) on the same topic you researched for the Literature Review: Annotated Bibliography and Outline assignment. (Workplace Culture)
The paper must be written in strict conformance to current APA standards, and must utilize at least 10 scholarly sources.
10 scholarly sources:
Instructions
- The paper is to be your original work and written solely for this course. Although past papers can be minimally referenced, papers previously submitted or work from previously submitted assignments cannot be used to fulfill this assignment. (This excludes the Annotated Bibliography/Outline assignment submitted for this course in this term.)
Original Work:
- The paper must use current APA format. Include a title page, an abstract, and a list of references. You can find formatting information on the Literature Review: Final Submission Assignment page under Literature Review: Final Submission Resource. Also see the Writing Styles Guides link in your course.
- It must be submitted as a Word document (.doc).
- The finished paper must be uploaded, as an attachment, by the published deadline.
- Do not use bullets or listing anywhere in the paper.
- Any charts, graphs, pictures, etc., must be put in an appendix and do not count toward the minimum word count.
- No more than 1 block quote is to be used (of up to 50 words).
- References must be as follows:
- A minimum of 10 different scholarly/peer-reviewed journal articles that have been published within the last five years must be used.
- Use a variety of different journals. Do not use more than 2 articles from the same journal.
- Textbooks, books, dissertations, web blogs, abstracts, and other ancillary materials do not count as required references.
- Cannot use articles that are a part of the course readings.
- All references must be cited somewhat equally in the narrative with no references over- or under-represented.
- A minimum of 10 different scholarly/peer-reviewed journal articles that have been published within the last five years must be used.
- Quotations must not be more than 15% of the paper – paraphrase and properly cite all material.
- Reference Section
- Start on a new page.
- Double-space throughout references.
Note: Your assignment will be checked for originality via the Turnitin plagiarism tool.
Rubric:
