Styles of Leadership Annotated Bibliography Assignment
An annotated bibliography is a list of citations to books, articles, and documents.
Each citation is followed by a brief (usually about 180-250 words) descriptive and evaluative paragraph, the annotation. The purpose of the annotation is to inform the reader of the relevance, accuracy, and quality of the sources cited.
Annotated bibliography entries are often part of the pre-writing process for a literature review. If you write good entries when it comes time to write your literature review you can use your entries to help you compose the body of your paper. Of course, you will need to add an introduction, a conclusion, and transitions, but a portion of your writing will already be complete.
Resource
You may find the information at the following link helpful as you begin to write an annotated bibliography entry.
Cornell University Library (Links to an external site.)
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Sample Paper/ Format
APA sample paper/ Template
APA_ Sample_Annotated_Bibliography Download APA_ Sample_Annotated_Bibliography
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Styles of Leadership Annotated Bibliography Assignment
Specifics and Parameters
The article annotation topics will be on:
Transformational leadership
Authentic leadership
Servant leadership.
Annotate six peer-reviewed sources (two for each of the three leadership styles) following the Cornell format provided above.
Your annotated bibliography will consist of:
two annotations for articles on transformational leadership;
two annotations for articles on authentic leadership; and
two annotations on articles on servant leadership.
Use the ACU library to obtain your sources. Choose six journal articles of empirical studies or literature reviews from peer-reviewed, scholarly journals written within the last five years (approximately).
Do not include book chapters, book reviews, dissertations, books, editorials, white papers, trade magazine articles, or other non-peer-reviewed sources.
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Annotations
Each annotation must be in your own words. Do NOT copy the abstracts.
Most annotated bibliographies consist of one or two paragraphs, but in this assignment, organize your work with three separate paragraphs for each entry.
Bibliographic Citation
Cite the article first using the proper APA format.
Give full citation as you would in the References page.
The citation should be double-spaced, APA formatted.
Use paragraph formatting “hanging indent.”
Include the link to your article.
Strictly follow APA formatting.
Rely most heavily on articles published within the last five years.
Do not include book chapters, books, editorials, white papers, trade magazine articles, dissertations, or other non-peer- reviewed sources.
Summary [Do NOT copy the abstract]
Include the author’s affiliation, type of article, the research and research findings (empirical studies), the main points, the author’s viewpoint, and any other pertinent information. Are any of these pieces missing? Do you detect any author bias? If so, mentally note this, but don’t include it yet. The summary is just that, a summary of the author’s work.
Open by stating the text’s thesis or purpose and the author’s affiliations.
Summarize the major points of the entire article in your own words. Avoid personal bias.
Include the type of article (See APA Sections 1.1–1.3 and 1.6), a description of the methodology, and the findings. Note: the largest percentage of your sources should fall into the research.
Approximately 150 words
Analysis
Analyze the article’s strengths and limitations. Is the information reliable? Is this source biased or objective? What is the goal of this source? If you made any mental notes, include them here. This is where you may include your opinion but give reasons for your opinion. Previous course readings can assist you in knowing how to analyze.
Note and briefly explain the article’s strengths and limitations.
Refer to Locke, Silverman, & Spirduso’s, Reading and Understanding Research.
This resource provides useful, self-explanatory guidelines for evaluating empirical studies and literature reviews. Consult the
appropriate chapters as you prepare your analysis.
Approximately 50 words
Application
Include a brief statement about the article’s usefulness (or uselessness) to you and your research. Was this source helpful to you? How does it help you shape your argument? How can you use this source? Has it changed how you think about your topic?
Explain the relevance or potential usefulness of the article to your study.
Approximately 50 words
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Important:
Use the above process to annotate all six articles.
The Summary, Analysis and Practical Application for each entry should total no more than 250 words. This word limit forces you to summarize succinctly the main points of the article and to give your analysis and application in few words.
The annotated bibliography is a fairly rigid genre. Your citations must adhere to APA format. This will be one of the central components of the grade for this assignment. Failure to follow APA format exactly will harm your grade.
The annotations for each source should follow an academic style. This means that you must construct, with an elevated and sophisticated language, correct grammatical sentences that effectively summarize what each source has to say.
