Cultural Approach to Organizations (CAO)
Type of service: Academic Writing
Work type: Research paper
Format: APA
Pages: 3 pages ( 825 words, Double spaced
Academic level: Undergrad. (yrs 1-2)
Discipline: Business Studies
Title: Theory covered in this class
Number of sources: 1
Paper instructions:
Instructions:
Students, individually or in pairs, need to submit a written
3-4-page report focuses on a particular theory covered in this class. If you
prefer to work with a classmate, email me by Apr. 7th providing his/her name
and make sure both of you are on the same page, otherwise, I assume you work
individually and will not accept pair work claimed afterwards).
In the first 1-2 pages of the report, you will provide a
summary of the theory. This section of the paper should identify the phenomenon
the theory seeks to explain, the assumptions underlying the theory, and define
at least one key term/concept. Cite your sources, even if you are using the
textbook, e.g., “(Griffin et al., 2018)”, and then list the sources
in the references page (see the APA style resources towards the end of the
document).
In the final 2-3 pages, you must submit a review of a
published academic journal article that reports original research on the
theory. The article (peer-reviewed) should not simply summarize the theory, but
should present original research (meaning the article reports findings of a
study conducted using at least one research method corresponding to the
objective/interpretive approach of the theory (e.g., survey, experiment,
interviews, content analysis, focus groups, ethnography, textual analysis, case
study, or discourse analysis); if you are in doubt about the appropriateness of
the article, please just ask, or you could choose one from the list of articles
provided on Western Online. Your review of the article should describe (NOT
DIRECTLY QUOTE) the primary research questions explored and/or hypotheses
tested which are directly relevant to the theory, and summarize the findings
relevant to those research questions or hypotheses. The review should also
briefly discuss how the findings reported in the research article relate to the
theory (e.g., did findings support the theory? challenged the theory? or
extended the theory? improved understanding of any concept/proposition of the
theory? etc.).
■ Paper
should strive for APA format with proper in-text citations and references page.
Check the resources towards the end of the document for APA style tips.
Providing proper in-text citations after you paraphrased the words of the
original sources, e.g., “(Smith & McDowell, 2015)”, and after
every sentence you write expressing ideas not originally yours, is the key to
prevent unintentional plagiarism. Keep direct quotations at a very minimum. If
you have to use a direct quotation, insert quotation marks and provide in-text citations
with page number of the quoted words after the quoted part, in addition to
providing corresponding citation in the references. APA has specific
requirements on the number of words you can directly quote from a source before
you have to use a standalone block format with specific indentation for the
quoted section in addition to providing in-text citation with page number
according to the manual (see
https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_formatting and
style_guide/in_text_citations_the_basics.html).
“Focus on Theory” Paper Grading Rubric
Recommended
theory choices for “Focus on Theory” Paper:
• Expectancy violation theory (EVT)
• Relational dialectics (RDT)
• Uncertainty reduction theory (URT)
• Social Judgment Theory (SJT)
• Cognitive Dissonance Theory (CDT)
• Elaboration Likelihood Model (ELM)
• Cultural Approach to Organizations (CAO)
Example
articles:
SJT:
Smith, S. W., Atkin, C. K., Martell, D., Allen, R.,
& Hembroff, L. (2006). A social judgment theory approach to conducting
formative research in a social norms campaign. Communication Theory, 16(1),
141-152.
Mölders, C., Van Quaquebeke, N., & Paladino, M. P.
(2017). Consequences of Politicians’ Disrespectful Communication Depend on
Social Judgment Dimensions and Voters” Moral Identity. Political
Psychology, 38(1), 119-135. https://doi.org/10.1111/pops.12311
CDT:
Knobloch-Westerwick, S., Johnson, B. K., &
Westerwick, A. (2013). To your health: Self-regulation of health behavior
through selective exposure to online health messages. Journal of Communication,
63(5), 807-829.
Jeong, M., Zo, H., Lee, C. H., & Ceran, Y. (2019).
Feeling displeasure from online social media postings: A study using cognitive
dissonance. Theory Commuter in Human Behavior97 231 – 240 Cultural Approach to Organizations (CAO)
