In Module 8 you were asked to begin writing your literature
review. Now is the time to finalize your literature review using the below
standards. Submit your final literature review here for grading.
Remember, your final literature review must meet the
following criteria:
Contain an APA formatted cover page with the title of your
topic.
Contain an APA formatted abstract with your research topic
summarized.
Contain 8-10 pages of content synthesizing the scholarly
literature on your topic or research question(s):
a. At least 10 scholarly references should be used.
i. Literature should be no older than 5 years unless you are
taking a historical or longitudinal perspective.
ii. Literature should cover differing opinions, viewpoints,
and/or schools of thought.
iii. The thought leader, guru, or seminal works should be
identified and included.
iv. Trade publications or opinion pieces should be used
sparingly but may be included for a specific purpose such as to show a current
event or an industry stance on an issue.
Contain an APA formatted references section.
Here is an example of a literature reviewPreview the
documentView in a new window (PDF) from a piece on resistance to change and a
new theoretical model. This example is only a guide on how to synthesize
literate and organize a literature review.
This assignment will be submitted through the plagiarism
detection tool, Turnitin (Links to an external site.), to ensure that the
material submitted is the original work of the author and free from plagiarism.
To avoid plagiarism, review Activity 1.5.
