TWO DIFFERENT ASSIGNMENTS, WITH TWO REFERENCE LIST

ASSIGNMENT ONE

Select three different research methods. Then, design a table in which you identify the key characteristics and applications of each method, as well as strengths and weaknesses. Then, identify three research articles in your field of study that reflect application of each of the three methods. Write a paper in which you discuss and evaluate the life cycle the authors followed, and assess the ethics protocol involved in each study. Be sure to include recommendations for improvements as needed.

Length: 2-3 pages, not including title page and references. Attach your table as an appendix.

Support your paper with at least five scholarly resources. In addition to these specified resources, other appropriate scholarly resources, including older articles, may be included.

Your paper should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts presented in the course by providing new thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic. Your response should reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards.

ASSIGNMENT TWO-See attached document

In a Word document, respond to the following:

• Review the document “Excerpt from Concept Paper.” Then, identify the potential legal and ethical issues in this document and explain how the author could have prevented these issues.
• Review the document “Excerpt from Data Collection and Analysis Plan.” Then, identify the potential practical, legal, and ethical issues in this document and explain how the author could have eliminated these issues and minimized researcher bias.

Length: 2-4 pages not including title page and references

Support your responses to each item above with at least three scholarly resources. In addition to these specified resources, other appropriate scholarly resources, including older articles, may be included.

Your paper should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts presented in the course by providing new thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic. Your response should reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards. 

Excerpt from Concept Paper

Corporations with a higher percentage of female board members and whose top leaders use traditionally female sociolinguistic communication experience greater financial performance (Campbell & Minguez-Vera, 2008; Jandaghi, Matin & Farjami, 2009). Yet, females hold only 14.4% of executive positions in Fortune 500 companies (Haveman, 2013). In Nashville, Tennessee, females hold only 7% of the executive positions. One reason for a paucity of female leaders nationwide is that they communicate differently than do men (Barrett, 2009). Instead of communicating in commanding, paternalistic, and direct ways, as do most males, females typically communicate in inclusive, nurturing, and indirect ways (Alimo-Metcalfe, 2010). Southern females have the additional challenge of overcoming a religion-rooted socialization that they be submissive to men (Smith & Reed, 2009), and men, who predominantly make promotion decisions, consider women who communicate submissively to be lacking in leadership ability (Ellemers, Rink, Derks & Ryan, 2012).

References

Alimo-Metcalfe, B. (2010). An investigation of female and male constructs of leadership and empowerment. Gender in Management, 25(8), 640-648. doi:10.1108/17542411011092309

Barrett, M. (2009). Have they learnt to interrupt? Gender in Management, 24(6), 432-454. doi:10.1108/17542410910980405

Campbell, K., & Minguez-Vera, A. (2008). Gender diversity in the boardroom and firm financial performance. Journal of Business Ethics, 83(3), 435-451. doi:10.1007/s10551-007-9630-y

Ellemers, N., Rink, F., Derks, B., & Ryan, M. K. (2012). Women in high places: When and why promoting women into top positions can harm them individually or as a group (and how to prevent this). Research in Organizational Behavior, (32)163-187. doi:10.1016/j.riob.2012.10.003

Haveman, H. A. (2012). Gender and race inequality in management: critical issues, new evidence: If you’re so smart, why aren’t you the boss? Explaining the persistent vertical gender gap in management. Social Science, The Annals of The American Academy of Political and Social Science, 639, 114.

Jandaghi, G., Matin, H., & Farjami, A. A. (2009). Comparing transformational leadership in successful and unsuccessful companies. International Journal of Social Sciences, 4(3), 211-216.

Smith, D. G., & Reed, K. (2010). Appalachian women leaders: Products of culture and life events. Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies, 17(1), 87-99. doi:10.1177/1548051809347107