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Annotated Bibliography
Lee, S., and Thompson, M. A review of longitudinal studies looking at the effects of remote work on employee well-being and satisfaction. incredibly in the Journal of Occupational Health Psychology (28(1), 45–55).
http://doi.org/10.1037/ocp0000300
The following article uses data from several lengthy research studies to look at the long-term benefits of working from home on the health and happiness of employees. The writers, who are both experts in occupational wellness psychology, come to the conclusion that because it gives people more freedom, working from home usually makes people happier with their jobs and lowers stress and burnout. But they are also aware of the prospective downsides, such as being alone and having trouble balancing work and personal life. This source is extremely significant for supporting my thesis because it gives strong proof that working from home is good for your health and also lets me answer probable counterarguments.
Jones, R. (2022). What happens to employees’ productivity and engagement when they work from home? 33(2), 112-129, in the International Journal of Business Management.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11301-022-00290-7
Johnson’s study looks into the manner in which functioning from home affects how productive and engaged employees are. The study finds that working compared to home can make people more productive because they don’t have to deal with as many distractions and can make their work setting more personal. The study does say, though, that if leadership and communication aren’t done right, staff participation may go down. This piece will help me make my case that conducting business from home makes people more productive and also talks about how managers need to do their jobs well to keep employees interested.
Smith, A. A comparison study of the balance between work and personal life of people who work from home. Quarterly of Human Resources Development, 32(4), 347–360.
https://doi.org/10.1002/hrdq.21436
Smith’s research examines the work-life mix of people who work from home and people who work in regular offices. The study demonstrates that remote workers usually say they have a better work-life balance, but they also face difficulties like work and personal time becoming mixed up. This source is very important for supporting my thesis given that it shows that working from home helps work-life balance, which is a key reason why believe it should be the rule to work from home.
Green, L. How working from home affects your psychological well-being: lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic. 93(3), 707–731 in the Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology.
http://doi.org/10.1111/joop.12301
This piece examines into the mental effects of working compared to home during the COVID-19 pandemic. Green talks about both the good and bad effects of working from home on mental health, such as decreased anxiety from not having to deal with traffic and more stress from being alone. This source will help me talk about the psychological aspects of working from home, showing how it can be good for employees’ health while also necessitating plans to lessen any bad effects that might happen.
White, K. Guidelines for Businesses on How to Deal with Remote Work. Inside Business. This website is trustworthy:
https://www.businessinsider.com/remote-work-policies-guide
White’s piece presents businesses useful advice on how to set up rules for online work. It talks about the best methods to keep employees happy, productive, and communicating while they work from home. even though it’s not as scientifically sound as the other sources, this guide is helpful for learning how companies can handle remote teams well, which will help me with my talk of how remote work can be used in real life.
In 2022, Brown, T., and Wilson, P. A survey investigation into employee satisfaction in remote work environments. 19, no. 1, pp. 23–37, Journal of Human Resource Management.
http://doi.org/10.1002/hrm.22001
Brown and Wilson examine the poll results to find toward how happy employees are with working from home. The study shows that individuals are very satisfied with their independence and freedom, but they are also worried about moving up in their careers and being seen by other people in the company. This source will help my thesis by showing that employees are happier because they can work from home overall. It will also let me talk about areas that could be better.
Kennedy, J. (2021). Challenges and Opportunities in Functioning from Home: A Leader’s View. Business Review from Harvard. This website is dependable:
https://hbr.org/2021/03/challenges-and-opportunities-in-remote-work
Nelson’s Harvard Business Review the piece looks at the pros and cons of working from home from the point of view of a boss. The article communicates about how leaders can deal with problems like poor communication, keeping the team together, and managing performance when employees work from home. This source helps me understand the leadership issues that come with functioning from home, which adds to what I’ve already said about the subject
Reflection
How does your list of resources with notes meet the requirements of the assignment?
My annotated a reference meets the standards set for the task because it has seven believable and reliable sources, is written in APA style, and has been organized in alphabetical order. Each entry has a brief summary of the source and a description of how I plan to use it to back up my case.
What worked best for you when you went looking for reliable sources?
Using academic sources like Google Scholar and only looking in peer-reviewed journals were the best activities I could do. This made sure that the sources I chose were reliable as they pertain to the topic of my study.
In what ways did it prove tough for you to find reliable sources? How did you get by means of these problems?
One thing that was hard for me was finding sources that talked about the long-term benefits of working compared to home. I got around this through widening my search words and looking at linked studies on health and happiness at work, effectiveness, and satisfaction among staff members.This is the touchtone :
Touchstone 2.2: Create an Annotated Bibliography
ASSIGNMENT: Using your research question, working thesis, and outline from Touchstone 1.2, create an annotated bibliography that provides a synopsis of your sources and an explanation of how you will use them.
As this assignment builds on Touchstone 1.2: Write a Research Question, Thesis, and Outline, that Touchstone, as well as Touchstone 2.1, must be graded before you can submit your annotated bibliography.
Sample Touchstone 2.2
In order to foster learning and growth, all work you submit must be newly written specifically for this course. Any plagiarized or recycled work will result in a Plagiarism Detected alert. Review Touchstones: Academic Integrity Guidelines for more about plagiarism and the Plagiarism Detected alert. For guidance on the use of generative AI technology, review Ethical Standards and Appropriate Use of AI.
A. Assignment Guidelines
DIRECTIONS: Refer to the list below throughout the writing process. Do not submit your Touchstone until it meets these guidelines. Refer to the Sample Touchstone for additional guidance on structure, formatting, and citation.
1. Annotated Bibliography
Make sure to:
? Alphabetize the entries, according to APA Style.
? Include the required bibliographic information in APA format for each entry.? Include 5-6 sentences for each entry that provide a short summary of the source (with page or paragraph-numbered citations) and how you plan to use it to support your argument. ? Include at least seven entries in your annotated bibliography, all of which must be credible (i.e., authentic, reputable, authoritative), reliable (e.g., contains current and valid data collection and analysis), and relevant academic sources.(Use Google Scholar if you do not have access to an academic search database through your institution). ? Choose your own sources, but use no more than three websites (there is no limit on the number of online scholarly journals used).? Thoroughly check the formatting requirements for the different source types.? After each relevant entry indicate the source type in parentheses (book, peer-reviewed journal, newspaper/magazine, and credible website) by including the source type in parentheses after the relevant entry.
2. Reflection
? Have you displayed a clear understanding of the research activities?
? Have you answered all reflection questions including specific and concrete examples that provide thoughtful insight in all responses?
? Are your answers included on a separate page below the main assignment?
B. Reflection Questions
DIRECTIONS: Below your assignment, include answers to all of the following reflection questions.
Accurately recording bibliographic information is essential and saves you time, as you can transfer this information to the References page of your drafted essay. Each source entry should include a brief summary of the source as well as 3-4 sentences describing how you intend to use that source to build or support your argument. Discuss how your annotated bibliography meets these criteria. (2-3 sentences)
Which strategies were most helpful for you when searching for credible sources? (2-3 sentences)
What difficulties did you face while searching for credible sources? How did you overcome these difficulties? (2-3 sentences)
C. Rubric
Advanced (100%)Proficient (85%)Acceptable (75%)Needs Improvement (50%)Non-Performance (0%)
Annotated Bibliography
Fulfill all annotated bibliography requirements and include usable notes on sources. (40%)Meets all source criteria, thoroughly and effectively summarizes the core ideas for all sources with citations and effectively explains how each source will be used to support the argument.Meets all source criteria, effectively summarizes the core ideas for all sources with citations and effectively explains how each source will be used to support the argument.Meets the majority of source criteria, summarizes the core ideas effectively with citations for the majority of the sources (one or two source summaries may lack detail), and explains how the majority of the sources will be used to support the argument (for one or two sources, the explanation of support is unclear).Meets some source criteria, summarizes the core ideas for some sources (many summaries are absent or lacking in detail or may not contain citations. Explains how some of the sources will be used to support the argument (for many of the sources, the explanation of support is unclear or absent).Meets few or none of the source criteria, summarizes few or none of the sources (or the summaries are all lacking in detail or do not contain citations), does not explain the connection to the argument, and/or summaries and/or citations included are inaccurate.
Quality of Sources
Choose reputable, academically appropriate research sources. (30%)
All sources are credible, reliable, relevant, and properly formatted as exemplified in the course instruction. Source data/URLs are present and accurate.Majority of sources are credible, reliable, relevant, and properly formatted as exemplified in the course instructions. Source data/URLs are present and accurate.Some sources are credible, reliable, relevant, and properly formatted as exemplified in the course instructions. Source data/URLs are present and accurate.Majority of sources are not credible, reliable, relevant, or properly formatted as exemplified in the course instructions. Source data/URLs might not be present and/or accurate.Sources do not adhere to the quality standards taught in this course, there are minimal sources present, and/or . source data/ URLs are non-existent or inaccurate.
Style
Establish a consistent, informative tone and make thoughtful stylistic choices. (10%)
Demonstrates thoughtful and effective word choices, avoids redundancy and imprecise language, and uses a wide variety of sentence structures.Demonstrates effective word choices, primarily avoids redundancy and imprecise language, and uses a variety of sentence structures.Demonstrates generally effective style choices, but may include occasional redundancies, imprecise language, poor word choice, and/or repetitive sentence structures.Frequently includes poor word choices, redundancies, imprecise language, and/or repetitive sentence structures.Consistently demonstrates poor word choices, redundancies, imprecise language, and/or repetitive sentence structures.
Conventions
Follow conventions for standard written English. (10%)
There are only a few, if any, negligible errors in grammar, punctuation, spelling, capitalization, formatting, and usage.There are occasional minor errors in grammar, punctuation, spelling, capitalization, formatting, and usage.There are some significant errors in grammar, punctuation, spelling, capitalization, formatting, and usage.There are frequent significant errors in grammar, punctuation, spelling, capitalization, formatting, and usage.There are consistent significant errors in grammar, punctuation, spelling, capitalization, formatting, and usage.
Reflection
Answer reflection questions thoroughly and thoughtfully. (10%)
Demonstrates thoughtful reflection; consistently includes specific and concrete examples that provide thoughtful insight, following or exceeding response length guidelines.Demonstrates thoughtful reflection; includes multiple specific and concrete examples that provide thoughtful insight, following response length guidelines.Primarily demonstrates thoughtful reflection, but some responses are lacking in detail or insight; primarily follows response length guidelines.Shows limited reflection; the majority of responses are lacking in detail or insight, with some questions left unanswered or falling short of response length guidelines.No reflection responses are present.