Description
I am considering changing my entire topic. Before I do so, I want to look at what it may look like and get some ideas.
It will be a qualitative study. Using case study approach. The framework will be the social role theory of unethical leadership (attached). I want to examine companies obtaining government contracts. Looking into unethical leadership to partake in fraudulent activities to obtain these contracts.
Case study information to be pulled from company investigations is provided here…
https://www.dodig.mil/Criminal-Investigations/
I do not have any research questions formulated for this at all yet.
I’ve attached the SOBE Template needed for the research.
Below is the description of the work for this template.
Other than that open to ideas.
My current study is organizational culture and law enforcement decision-making with the social learning theory. I have hit a blockade with interviews and may have to change the whole topic. So I need some help before I approach my board.
Instructions
Strong evidence (articles published in the past 3 years) will be used to demonstrate the problem you plan to investigate. Articulate a concise problem statement. Include appropriate published or relevant scholarly and peer-reviewed sources to document the existence of a problem worthy of doctoral-level research. Explain the need for and importance of the study. Present the general issue grounded in the research literature that leads to the need for the study. Identify the specific problem you wish to address. The documented problem may be a practical problem or issue in the profession or study context without an acceptable solution. In defining the problem, a clear discrepancy must be drawn between what exists currently and what is desired. Although an applied study design does not necessarily require generalizability beyond the study site, worthy problems must be relevant and documented beyond any particular study site. Considering the potential negative consequences to the industry, sector, profession, or stakeholders is necessary if the proposed research is never conducted.
identify the guiding framework you will use for your study.
Present the key concepts, briefly explain the relation(s), and present the propositions relevant to this study.
Explain how the framework guided your research decisions, including developing the problem statement, purpose statement, and research questions.
If more than one framework is guiding the study, integrate them rather than describe them independently. Do not select a separate framework for each variable or construct under examination.
An optional addition to your writing activity: Create a diagram to show how the concepts in the framework link to the problem.
Critically review, edit, and revise your literature review. The literature review should:
Include definitions of concepts relating to the topic of the research.
Add an expanded discussion of the framework identified in Week 4 and discuss the origin of the theory or model used as your framework. How was the framework used originally? How is the framework applied in current studies.
Include historically relevant information.
Contain critical analysis (strong and weak arguments).
Integrate sources to produce sound arguments and discuss issues related to the topic.
Include comparing and contrasting arguments and discussions.
Include a summary of the key discussions in the literature.
Apply APA format, writing conventions, and scholarly voice/tone.
Do not express your own opinion, agenda, or bias.
Include scholarly, peer-reviewed, or primary documentation.
85% of the sources should be 3 years old or newer.
15% of the sources can be a combination of seminal sources older than 3 years, books, cited legal language, and government sources.
Length: 25-30 pages
