Article 1 : Writing a Literature Review What is a Literature Review? A literature review is a survey and discussion of the literature in a given area of study. It is a concise overview of what has been studied‚ argued‚ and established about a topic‚ and it is usually organized chronologically or thematically. A literature review is written in essay format. It is not an annotated bibliography‚ because it groups related works together and discusses trends and developments rather than focusing
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MOTIVATION Motivation involves a constellation of beliefs‚ perceptions‚ values‚ interests‚ and actions that are all closely related. As a result‚ various approaches to motivation can focus on cognitive behaviors (such as monitoring and strategy use)‚ non-cognitive aspects (such as perceptions‚ beliefs‚ and attitudes)‚ or both. For example‚ Gottfried (1990) defines academic motivation as “enjoyment of school learning characterized by a mastery orientation; curiosity; persistence; task-endogeny;
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What Treatment does the Military recommend and utilize for the Treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder? What Treatment does the Military Recommend and Utilize for the Treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder? Throughout the history of the United States military there is one constant - war. Time after time we have sent men and women into battle‚ and unfortunately‚ often a different person returns home. Many of these soldiers who deploy overseas to serve their country and
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CMC in Language Learning and Teaching Chen Y. H. (2005‚ March). Computer mediated communication: The use of CMC to develop EFL learners’ communicative competence. Asian EFL Journal‚ 7 (1). Retrieve November 09‚ 2007 from http://www.asian-efl-journal.com/march_05_yhc.php Chen’s purpose in this article is to suggest the integration of Computer Mediated Communication (CMC) into EFL learning in order to promote learners’ linguistic and pragmatic competence. She first bring out the failure of
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Introduction CSR is a situation where not only do firm’s care about profit maximization and wealth accumulation about take into consideration the needs of the society. According to Carroll (1979)‚ companies are expected to maximize profit‚ obey the laws of the land‚ operate in line with community norms‚ and do well in society beyond the society’s expectations. Today‚ CSR is becoming rational including the needs of the community‚ maximizing the profits and managing the stakeholders. Garriga and Mele
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Why write a literature review? New discoveries don’t materialise out of nowhere; they build upon the findings of previous experiments and investigations. A literature review shows how the investigation you are conducting fits with what has gone before and puts it into context. A literature review demonstrates to your reader that you are able to: Understand and critically analyse the background research Select and source the information that is necessary to develop a context for your research It
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I. The Quantity Theory of Money This theory‚ developed by the classical economists over 100 years ago‚ related the amount of money in the economy to nominal income. Economist Irving Fisher is given credit for the development of this theory. It begins with an identity known as the equation of exchange: MV = PY Where M is the quantity of money‚ P is the price level‚ and Y is aggregate output (and aggregate income). V is velocity‚ which serves as the link between money and output. Velocity is the
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How to do literature review? My suggestion is the following steps 1) Source: Search for the academic papers by either (1) Web of Science or (2) Google Scholars. (see the last page) 2) Try to identify the papers that are either (1) very relevant‚ or (2) slightly relevant but important. You can read only the abstract to find out whether a paper is relevant or not. 3) A paper is important when: a. Published in top journals. See Page 2. b. Famous authors or authors working at top
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“The business of fashion is just not about pretty clothes and petite models; rather‚ it’s a multi-dimensional industry involving contribution to the bigger picture” (Usama Hamayun‚ 2012). “Before blogging‚ fashion editors of mainstream newspaper supplements and fashion magazines were the last word on designer collections‚ but now bloggers and tweeters comment of fashion shows as they happen often posting photos of collections right from the runway‚ making them accessible to a much wider audience
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Expectancy theory Literature Review: Vroom’s Expectancy theory Literature review: Pavel Smirnov Vroom’s Expectancy theory Word count: Advanced Writing Skills‚ GEN 2133 Date 07.04.2013 Contents Literature Review: 0 Literature review: 0 Pavel Smirnov 0 Vroom’s Expectancy theory 0 Advanced Writing Skills‚ GEN 2133 0 1 Literature review 2 1.1 Introduction 2 1.2 Expectancy Theory 2 1.3 Conclusion 3 2 Reference List 5 Literature review Introduction
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