Comparison of two articles from "The Academy of Management Journal" and "Journal of International Business Studies".

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Introduction                                                                            1

Research                                                                                    1

Article1                                                                                       2

  1. Abstract section                                                             2
  2. Introduction Section                                                              2

1.3     Methodology Section                                                      4

  1. Results Section                                                              4
Article 2                                                                                           5

2.1 Abstract                                                                               5

2.2 Introduction section                                                           5

2.3 Methodology Section                                                         6

2.4 Results Section                                                                  6

3. Comparison of two articles                                                 7

4. Conclusion                                                                                 7

Bibliography                                                                             8

                                                                                                             

Introduction

The objective of this paper is going to undertake a critical review of two research papers. The articles have been taken from two different journals, the first one was taken from “The Academy of Management Journal” and the second one was taken from the “Journal of International Business Studies”. The reason for taking two different journals is to avoid homogeneity. After a thorough scrutiny we found that articles of “The Academy of Management Journal” all are in line with guidelines imposed by the publisher. The same implies to the other Journal, which also clearly manifests the requirements the article needs to fulfil. By using two different journals we are making sure that more obvious differences between both articles can be extracted. Furthermore we found that the article extracted from the journal also includes style guidelines the authors have to comply with. We found that there are some key differences in those therefore we are able to make even stronger differences between our two chosen articles. The paper is going to analyse the first article explaining in depth the structure and methodology of the article. Then the focus will be drawn to article number drawn. At the end a chapter will be dedicated to comparison in style and research methods arriving from both articles.  In the final chapter conclusion will be drawn.

 

Research

Generally, it could be argued that academic research papers have a suggested structure.

According to Philips + Pubglis (2000) the structure includes chapters, which have logical flow. After all the structure helps to identify the story clearly. Mandatory however, are the following:

  • abstract
  • literature review
  • method
  • results
  • conclusion.

Abstract seems to be the most important part of the report as it is the first the reader will face. It should summarise the content of the project report. This enables those who are not sure whether they wish to read the whole report, to make an informed decision.

The abstract prepares the reader what to expect it should include:

  1. What are my research questions and why are these important
  2. How did I go about answering the research questions
  3. What did I find out in response to my research questions
  4. What conclusions do I draw regarding to my research questions

                                                                                                                                                                               

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Article 1

Relationships among Risk, Incentive pay and Organisational Performance

( Matt Bloom, George T. Milkovich )

The academy of management journal, Volume 41, Number 3 (June 1998): Pg 298-314

The following paper is going to analyse the structure and content of the article "Relationships among risk incentive pay and organisational performance" by Mat Bloom (University of Notre Dame) and the George T. Milkovich (Cornell University and Hong Kong University). The research paper commences with a very clear abstract enabling to capture the key content of the article's research. The reader immediately realises that the crucial elements ...

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