Learning the Elements of Quantitative Applied Business Research

Review Newman, Thanacoody, and Hui’s 2011 article, “The Impact of Employee Perceptions of Training on Organizational Commitment and Turnover Intentions: A Study of Multinationals in the Chinese Service Sector,” linked in the Resources.

Compose a formal, APA-formatted paper of no more than 700 words (word count excluding title and reference pages) that:

• Assesses the Newman et al. article by providing justification for regarding it as peer reviewed.
• Articulates the business problem identified by the article and argues why the study is an example of applied business research by presenting the context and setting as described by the authors.
• Constructs an understanding of the authors’ research purpose based on the stated business problem.
  • Include an APA-formatted figure, in addition to the written synthesis, to demonstrate fully your ability to synthesize ideas.
    • Incorporate the figure into the body of the composition, not presented as an attachment or appendix document.
• Identifies the specific research method and design of the study and articulates the authors’ reasoning for this selection as appropriate for the study’s purpose.
• Critiques the authors’ rationale for the worth or value of researching the business problem.
• Critiques the authors’ academic foundation for the study in that the research upon which the study seeks to build is appropriate for the business problem.