Research Methods for Business and Psychology Research Methods For Business And Psychology Assessment Brief Your report should be presented in good academic style, having beenformatted using the APA referencing system and proofread for grammatical errors.

Research Methods for Business and Psychology Research Methods For Business And Psychology Assessment Brief Your report should be presented in good academic style, having beenformatted using the APA referencing system and proofread for grammatical errors. It should be 4,000 words (+/- 10%), including tables but excludingreferences.

Part 1 (2,000 words): You are required to analyse the research design (atleast two methodologies used) and data analysis of published papers relevantto the field of study.

Part 2 (2,000 words): You are required to write about your proposed researchdesign and data analysis.

Part 1 (2,000 Words +/- 10%): (45%) Choose an organizational psychology or human resource management topic that is relevant to your degree. Conduct a literature review and search for academic journals or peer-reviewed journals relating to the topic chosen (containing at least 12 papers). These journals are written byacademics and are reliable sources for information on related topics or disciplines, preferably most of them were published in recent years (2020 – 2026).

A detailed critique of at least two well-used research methodologies with data analysis in the literature you have reviewed. Discuss:

1. how they are applied;
2. how the methods were deployed to provide a worthwhile contribution to theory and research;
3. what gaps the methods may leave that could lend the area to further analysis (and anopportunity for your own research); and
4. attach a literature map, if possible, to show the scope of your review of literature.

Part 2 (2,000 Words +/- 10%): 55% Based on your review from Part 1, you are required to write about your proposed research design and data analysis that include:

1. develop at least two, preferably three or four Research Questions;
2. proposed your intended research design with justification; and for thoseusing quantitative methods, please formulate your hypotheses and provide aconceptual framework
3. discuss the type of data analysis you intended to use and how the proposedanalysis could find answers to your research questions; and
4. discuss the significance of your proposal and how the findings contribute tothe knowledge base in HRM or Organisational Psychology.

Assignment Structure

1. Comparing Two Research Methodologies (2,000 – 2,200 words)

1.1 Research background and research problem (150 – 200 words)

1.2 Literature review (900 – 1,000 words)

1.3 Two appropriate research methods 1.3.1 Quantitative (400 – 500 words) 1.3.2 Qualitative/Mixed method (400 – 500 words)

2. Instrument and Conclusion (2,000 – 2,200 words)

2.1 Proposed research title, research relevance/motivation, research objective, and research questions (2-4) (200 – 250 words)

2.2 Research design (including instrument used with justification, research hypotheses and framework (if relevant), overview of the key sections of survey or key questions in the interview guide, and they are related to your research questions) (600 – 800 words)

2.3 Sampling and data analysis

reflection on how the instrument may support you to address the RQs, sampling method used, statistical methods used, e.g. correlation, multiple regression analysis (thematic analysis for qual (550 – 600 words), 2.4 Research contribution to existing study (500 – 600 words)

significance of your proposal and how the findings contribute to the knowledge base in HRM or OP- relevance of research to the organisation leaders/managers communication of research (e.g. summary report, infographics, presentation, white paper, publication, etc) wider dissemination: events/webinars/conferences inviting industry associations, NGO, ministries, consultancy firms, etc.