MNG82001 Organisational Behaviour: Assignment 1 Part A Worksheet

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Organisational Behaviour (MNG82001)
Assignment 1 (Part A) – Worksheet
Marking Key
1. The title of a particular Journal article, its year of publication, issue number and web
link(s) are provided below. Search the Library’s catalogue system to identify and fill-
in the missing information. (1 mark for providing all the required information)
Title: Knowledge-based structures and organisational commitment
Author: Gordon P., Brook
Publication: Emerald Management eJournals Collection
Year of Publication: 2002
Vol.40(6). Issue No. 5/6 Pages: 566-573
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2. Limited details of a particular journal article are provided below. Search the
Library’s Proquest database to identify and fill-in the missing information. (1 mark
for providing all the required information)
Title: Personality and organisational commitment
Authors: Spagnoli, P, & Caetano, A
Publication: Career Development International
Year of Publication: 2012
Vol. 17. Issue No. 3. Pages: 255-275

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3. When writing an academic paper and drawing on content from another publication,
the Library’s Harvard Referencing LibGuide shows that there are two distinct ways
to paraphrase and cite the information.
Below is a short passage that comes from page 255 of the journal article from Task 2.
Using this passage, give an example of the two citation/referencing methods. (1 mark).
Today more than ever, organisations must compete to attract and retain high quality
employees. Law enforcement agencies face the additional challenge of having to maintain a
stable workforce committed to the work and the organisation.
Paraphrasing example 1
Presently universe of corporates faces key challenges of how to manage and support their
employees in retaining them to the particular organisation when competition is a stake. This
key issue even raises to another level when companies faces even more challenges. This
concern is raised to another level higher when associated with the agencies indulged in Law
enforcement activities, thus raising the bar above sky to retain committed and stable employee
workforce.
Paola Spagnoli, Antonio Caetano, (2012) "Personality and organisational commitment: The
mediating role of job satisfaction during socialisation", Career Development International, Vol.
17 Issue: 3, pp.255-275, https://doi.org/10.1108/13620431211241081
Paraphrasing example 2
In this modern era of increasing antagonism between corporates rises challenges to uphold with
the employee workforce strength. This altitude of workforce is elevated to another level with
the Law enforced corporation to maintain with the people that are dedicated towards work in
the organisation

Spagnoli, P., & Caetano, A. (2012). Personality and organisational commitment. Career
Development International, 17(3), 255–275. https://doi.org/10.1108/13620431211241081
4. Show how you would identify the article from question 2 in the Reference List of an
academic paper. Ensure you follow the exact formatting style illustrated in the SCU
Library’s Harvard Referencing LibGuide. Also ensure you identify the DOI number.
(1 mark)
By using the provided information regarding the article we had used it to search for the similar
topics in the SCU library of articles and journals and thus further using the name of authors
made it further easy to track the specific article that have written by them only and to support
with searching procedure the publication number and year enhanced the identification of the
journal.
5. Use the Library’s electronic database system to identify one Peer-Reviewed Journal
article that you will cite in Asmt 1b and Asmt 1c. Insert the details of this article in the
area below. Underneath, show how you will cite this article in the Reference List of
each assignment. Note that you cannot nominate the article from Task 1 or 2 of this
assignment. (1 mark)
Title: Five-Factor Model of Personality and Organizational Commitment: The Mediating Role
of Positive and Negative Affective States
Author(s): Panaccio, Alexandra ; Vandenberghe, Christian
Publication: Journal of Vocational Behavior
Year of publication: 2012
Volume number: 80(3)
Issue number: 0001-8791
Page range: 647-658
URL: https://scu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?
docid=ericEJ971788&context=PC&vid=61SCU_INST:61SCU&search_scope=MyInst_and_C
I&tab=Everything&lang=en
Viewed: Panaccio, A., & Vandenberghe, C. (2012). Five-Factor Model of Personality and
Organizational Commitment: The Mediating Role of Positive and Negative Affective States.
Journal of Vocational Behavior, 80(3), 647–658. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2012.03.002

Reference List
Paola Spagnoli, Antonio Caetano, (2012) "Personality and organisational commitment: The
mediating role of job satisfaction during socialisation", Career Development International, Vol.
17 Issue: 3, pp.255-275, https://doi.org/10.1108/13620431211241081
Spagnoli, P., & Caetano, A. (2012). Personality and organisational commitment. Career
Development International, 17(3), 255–275. https://doi.org/10.1108/13620431211241081
Panaccio, A., & Vandenberghe, C. (2012). Five-Factor Model of Personality and
Organizational Commitment: The Mediating Role of Positive and Negative Affective States.
Journal of Vocational Behavior, 80(3), 647–658. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2012.03.002