Managing Research
Task 3 – Exam Questions
You
are required to answer any four (4)of the questions below in relation to
the Leadership Quarterly article named Leadership
Coaching, leader role-efficacy and trust in subordinates. A mixed methods study
assessing leadership coaching as a leadership development tool. (posted
in the Assessment Task 3 folder > Reading Task 3, and shown as an
announcement)
The
expectation is that you should be able to complete this exam in 2 hours, and this is the amount of work
expected (however as this is not a timed exam so you can take longer if
necessary).
Examination
format answers are required i.e. NOT a
report – simply answer any four of
the questions below (about 400 to 600 words per answer). Remember you are
critiquing the research decisions and methods used in the report.
1.
Evaluate the literature review conducted
for this research article.
2. This article uses mixed methods.
Describe the characteristics of this research design and evaluate its
appropriateness. Was this design sufficient to address the research objective,
or would you suggest another design?
3. Are the methods used to collect data
(e.g. focus group and questionnaires) sufficiently justified and described?
What further information (if any) do your equire?
4. Critique the sampling strategy and
respondent selection used in this study.
5. Evaluate the data analysis strategy used
in the quantitative part of the research.
6. Assess the research ethics in this
research project, in relation to the respondents.
7. Evaluate the report in terms of its
implications for theory and for leaders.
8. Critique the outcomes of this this
research article. Did the researchers’ achieve the stated research objective?
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