RESEARCH METHODS IN BUSINESS
ARTICLE ANNOTATION - GUIDELINES
Annotation Format
Your article annotation should have four sections as described below:
Section 1 - Article
1. Title of the Article
2. Name of the Author(s)
3. Source of the Article
a. Journal Name
b. Publication Details - Year, Volume, Issue, and page nos.
Section 2 - Preliminary Analysis (1 Paragraph).
1. Purpose of Research - summarize aim of the study and specific research objectives
2. Nature of Research - is the study exploratory, descriptive, causal?
3. Theoretical Framework - describe the model followed or proposed in the study
4. Conclusion - summarize the major findings of the study.
Section 3 - Methods & Empirics (3 Paragraphs).
1. Research Method - describe in detail the research method used in this study.
If the author(s) does not discuss the research method in detail, or the explanation is not clear from the article, please refer to external sources.
2. Data Collection
a. Identify the prime mode of data collection.
b. Describe the process of data collection.
c. Discuss the measuring instrument.
3. Sampling Technique
a. Identify the target population.
b. Describe the sampling technique.
c. Assess how well the sample represents the population.
4. Goodness of Measures & Analysis
a. Describe the efforts made by the researcher(s) to ensure reliability & validity of the study.
b. Describe the tools used for analyzing the data.
Section 4 - Critical Review (2 Paragraphs).
Use this space to note your overall evaluation of the article. In your opinion, how good this article was compared to other articles, either in the discipline/area, or in the same journal. You should also comment on the quality of the article, that is, does it make up to the academic standards of writing, presentation, organization, source citation, and such?
Article - Identity ambiguity and the promises and practices of hybrid e-HRM project teams by Carole Tansley, Jimmy Huang, Carley Foster