INDWES The Impact of Performance Appraisal on Employee Performance Discussion Review the rubric to make sure you understand the criteria for earning your g

INDWES The Impact of Performance Appraisal on Employee Performance Discussion Review the rubric to make sure you understand the criteria for earning your grade.
In your textbook, Workplace Research: Conducting Small-Scale Research in Organizations, read Chapter 6: “Gathering Primary Data.”
Conduct additional research on gathering primary data and developing research instrument questions.
If you choose to use the Google Scholar Interface to search the IWU Online Library, you can revisit the instructions provided in 3.2 Discussion: Critical Thinking: Analysis of Articles.
Navigate to the discussion topic and respond to the following discussion prompts:
Research Proposal Summary. Provide your research summary/abstract and research question.
Primary Data Collection Method. What primary data collection method would you plan to use in your research? Provide a rationale for your selection.NOTE: According to your textbook, there are three primary data collection methods used in small-scale applied workplace-based research: interviewing, surveys, and focus groups. You may choose another method if it suits your needs.
Respondents. Who might hold the answer to your research question? Present your ideas and strategies for finding appropriate respondents that would lead to meaningful research results and provide credibility for your study.
Research Instrument Questions. Provide a list of 15 questions that follow the guidelines provided in your textbook. Provide a rationale that explains how these questions support your study.
Be sure to review “Types of biases and effects” on page 160 and “Questions to avoid” on pages 161–163 in your textbook.
Attach the list of questions to the discussion forum post. Do not include the questions as part of the initial posting.
Challenges and Opportunities. If you were actually conducting the primary research for your project, what types of challenges and opportunities might you expect to encounter? Consider issues that include seeking respondents, sampling, implementation, and managing your workload.
Post your initial discussion by the end of the fourth day of the workshop.
Attach the list of questions to your discussion posting.
The initial post length requirement is 300 to 400 words, not including the attached list of questions.
Include citations/references for at least three academic journal articles.
Complete a critical analysis of postings submitted by two of your classmates by the end of the workshop.
Each discussion response to a classmate should facilitate engaging dialogue and evidence critical thinking when addressing your classmate’s posting. Utilize the following ways to engage in scholarly dialogue and expand learning around the topics in this workshop:
Extension: Expand the discussion.
Relevancy: Relate the topic to a current event.
Exploratory: Probe facts and basic knowledge.
Challenge: Interrogate assumptions, conclusions, or interpretations.
Relational: Make comparisons or contrasts of themes, ideas, or issues.
Diagnostic: Probe motives or causes.
Action: Identify an application or an action in personal or work life.
Cause and Effect: Cite causal relationships between ideas, actions, or events.
Hypothetical: Pose a change in the facts or issues.
Priority: Seek to identify the most important issues.
Summary: Elicit synthesis. (TeacherStream, LLC, 2009, p. 5)
Each response should be 200 to 300 words long and include, at a minimum, three sources properly cited and referenced:
the Workplace Research: Conducting Small-Scale Research in Organizations textbook, and
two academic journal articles that are at least five pages in length and published within the last five years.
At least one of the academic sources is to be different than the two academic sources provided by your classmate.
For an explanation of what constitutes an academic source, review What Is a Scholarly Article?.
Strive to make sure your discussion responses are evidence-based and evidence-informed.
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