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PSY 245: Industrial/Organizational Psychology: Article Review Assignment

Instructions

Visit the Library (in person or online) to access the journals and find a recent article (within last 5 years) in an I/O journal on a topic of interest to you.

Purpose of the Article Review

The purpose of this assignment is to encourage the reading of primary, full-text and peer-reviewed professional articles in the I/O literature, and to help increase your comfort level in reading scholarly works.

Questions to Address

  • Title, author(s), year of publication
  • Why did you choose this article?
  • Purpose of study
  • Primary hypothesis
  • Sample size: independent variables; dependent variables
  • What could the researchers have done to make the study better?
  • Article evaluation and summary of findings
  • Why does this article matter?
  • Do you think any other variables may have had an effect on the results reported in this article?