University of California Irvine Employee Performance Article Summaries Papers

Assignment 1:

The purpose of this assignment is to apply the knowledge you have accumulated this quarter (about industrial/organizational psychology) to real-world events or issues by identifying news stories that relate to our course. For this assignment, you should find two articles in a newspaper (e.g., LA Times, OC Register) or magazine (e.g., Time, Newsweek) or legitimate online news source (e.g., Huffington Post, Vox) that are somehow related to something that we discussed in class this quarter. Summarize each article (1 point) and describe how each is related to our class (1 point), including a brief description of the concept(s) that each article is related to (1 point). Your summary/description can be relatively informal and may include your own commentary/opinion about the article/information. Each summary/description must be at least one page (feel free to go longer!), double spaced, 12 point Times New Roman font, 1 inch margins (1 point). No need to make a cover page or reference page or anything like that, but you MUST include the article, a screenshot of the article, or a link to the article in your assignment (1 point). Regarding the article source: online versions of legitimate newspapers or magazines are okay (e.g., www.latimes.com (Links to an external site.)) – but random blogs/websites written by any “Joe Schmoe” are not appropriate.

Assignment 2:

You may elect to read current articles that are relevant to our Industrial/Organizational Psychology lectures or textbook. These articles may come from newspapers, magazines, psychology journals, or book chapters (other than your textbook); articles from websites are OK only if they are associated with legitimate news sources (e.g., LA Times, OC Register, etc.). For each article, you should write a brief summary (at least one FULL page, double-spaced, typed with 1” margins, nothing larger than 12-point type) and indicate how it relates to the content of our class. You need also to attach a copy of each article with your summary. You need to complete 4 summarie