Purpose:The purpose of this assignment is to givestudents practice locating scholarly journal articles on a topic within their preferred context and thoughtfully complete summaries of XXXXXXXXXXwords.
Word count Limit: The word count limit for each summary range from 180 to 250 words (The limit is 250 words).
Directions
- For this assignment, you will find and read academic peer-reviewed journal articles on each leadership theory/approach studied in this module. One article should relate to a trait approach to leadership, and the other one should relate to a skills approach to leadership.
- Once you have done this, you will upload a document containing each article's full citation(properly formatted to APA style)and ashort description(one paragraph),as described below.
The Details
- Find, download, read, and summarizetwo academicjournal articles. One of which relates to a trait approach to leadership and one that includes a skills approach.(NOT2 articles for each of the 6 concepts).
- Each article should be related to yourcontext of interest (K-12 schools, higher education, non-profit organizations, churches, military, etc.), and should beof anempirical studyorliterature reviewfrom apeer-reviewed, scholarly journal written within the last five years (approximately).
- Do not include a book chapter, book review, dissertation, book, editorial, white paper, trade magazine article, or other non-peer-reviewed sources (See APA 6th Sections XXXXXXXXXX).
Trait & Skills Leadership Journal Article Discovery
Instructions
Write a precise summaryfor each article(one paragraph)the following information:
- Full APA citation
- After the citation, provide a direct link to the journal article
- One paragraphcontaining the following information:
- The reason you selected this particular article*
- The problem or issue investigated in the article
- The method(s) the researcher used to study the problem or issue
- The most important or significant finding of the study
*(i.e. relevance to your research interest, connection to what you have learned about trait/skills approaches to leadership, how the article further explains/ argues/advances a concept from trait/leadership approaches you learned about in this module).
Each summary should not exceed 250 words.
Format-your paper according to APA guidelines. All formatting and referencing should followThe Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6thEdition.Papers should be written inTimes New Roman, 12-point font.Your summary should not exceed 250 words.
Rubric
Journal Article Discovery Rubric
Journal Article Discovery Rubric| Criteria | Ratings | Pts |
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| This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeThe submission contains full correctly formatted APA citations for two peer-reviewed academic journal articles and includes a direct link to both articles | | 1.0pts
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| This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeThe submission contains a written paragraph for each article that contains the required information described in the assignment instructions | | 1.0pts
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| Total Points:2.0 |
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