In Week 2, you gathered peer-reviewed articles related to a topic on work motivation covered in this course. This week, you critically evaluate the articles you selected and summarize each article’s main points, findings, and/or conclusions. The purpose of this assignment is to critically evaluate the literature and identify gaps in the literature.

The assignment:

Develop an “Introduction” and “Background” section for your Final Project that includes:

• An overview of relevant theories related to the motivation topic you selected.
• A description of major theoretical propositions and/or major hypotheses of those theories.
• A review and synthesis of the studies related to the motivation topic you selected.
• A review and synthesis of studies related to the key independent, dependent, and covariate variables in order to produce a description and explanation of what is known about the variables, what is controversial (i.e., mixed findings by researchers), and what remains to be studied.