English Assignment: Quoting, Research, and Plagiarism Analysis

This English assignment addresses several key aspects of academic writing and research. It begins by exploring the reasons for quoting sources, the appropriate amount of quoted material in a paper, and how to maintain a strong voice when incorporating others' words. The assignment then delves into note-taking strategies, plagiarism, and its detrimental effects on a student's career and character. Further, it provides research techniques to overcome difficulties in locating sources and concludes with a full paraphrase and summary of a selected research source. The assignment covers topics such as how positivity of senior employees affects the performance of employees, making it relevant to current business research.

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Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note

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1. What are some reasons one would quote a source as he or she is taking notes? About how
much of a paper should consist of quoted material? How does one retain a strong
presence in one's work even when using the words of others?
Some reasons one would quote a source while writing notes to show the reader
that the writer has done several researches before presenting the research paper. Also
listing the sources used in the information. It also makes oneself a responsible scholar by
giving credit to the other researchers so as by acknowledge ding the ideas of others. The
idea is quite straightforward that small pittance is paid to the original creators for the use
or taking references from their work. According to the author Uzun and Kilis (2020) it
costs nothing but just takes little time and does nothing to impede the writing of the new
piece of writing.
Attribution to small pittance is a small token of love given to the original authors
which not only encourages the reader to check the work but also they tend to give more
attention to the writer but also they appreciate the writer for the efforts they have shared.
The paragraphs should consist of at least a single quote.
As by giving credit to the original person one can retain a strong presence in one's
work even when using the words of others.
2. Choose a note taking strategy, and use it to take notes from one of the sources you will be
using for your research paper
A note taking strategy which can be used to take notes from one the source which
will be sued in the later research work is taking or perceiving group ideas and thinking
quality over quantity. Group ideas are known for taking raw notes which is known for

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making the study of the student much easier. Students can right down useful notes by the
left hand side and later on use them. Also according to the author it can be said that
students should try to think something out of the box, they should always listen and take
good notes from the teachers rather than spending time on useless gossips.
3. What is considered plagiarism, and why is plagiarism so detrimental to one's career and
character?
Plagiarism is the wrongful meaning or wrong appropriation of another author’s
language, thought process or the uniqueness of the idea. According to the author Pandit
and Toksha (2020) plagiarism is considered as an academic dishonesty as well as a
breach of journalistic ethics. Therefore it is detrimental to a student’s career and
character. It is also subject to various types of sanctions like the imposition of penalties,
suspension and breach from the study.
4. Explain other research techniques that students can utilize if they begin having difficulty
locating enough sources for their research papers.
Few of the research techniques which can be used by the students when they are
facing difficulties locating enough sources for the research paper are finding multiple
websites offering sound information. Researching blogs can also be useful in some cases.
Use of government agencies and peer reviews journals are accepted in this case.
5. Choose one of the sources you have already located for your research paper, and
compose a full paraphrase of that source. In addition, summarize the source using at least
three to four sentences

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Thakur, M. B., Kewalramani, P., & Sheikh, R. (2020). A Correlational study
between Personality, Job Stress and Job Performance across Individualistic and
Collectivistic Cultures. Our Heritage, 68(1), 1042-1056.
Here in this journal the author tries to relate how an individual’s personality has a
significant impact on the performance of the employees.
Lamberti, G., Aluja Banet, T., & Rialp Criado, J. (2020). Work climate drivers
and employee heterogeneity. The International Journal of Human Resource
Management, 1-33.
Here in this journal the author has examined how socio demographic variables
affect relationship

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References
Lamberti, G., Aluja Banet, T., & Rialp Criado, J. (2020). Work climate drivers and employee
heterogeneity. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 1-33.
Pandit, A. A., & Toksha, G. (2020). Review of Plagiarism Detection Technique in Source Code.
In International Conference on Intelligent Computing and Smart Communication 2019 (pp. 393-
405). Springer, Singapore.
Thakur, M. B., Kewalramani, P., & Sheikh, R. (2020). A Correlational study between
Personality, Job Stress and Job Performance across Individualistic and Collectivistic
Cultures. Our Heritage, 68(1), 1042-1056.
Uzun, A. M., & Kilis, S. (2020). Investigating antecedents of plagiarism using extended theory
of planned behavior. Computers & Education, 144, 103700.