Peer reviewed journal article about encouraging and finding ways to motivate in the workplace

For this assignment you will be finding one peer-reviewed journal article related to motivation and report your findings to your team members in an email. The goal of the email is to encourage them with your research findings and provide some solutions to help motivate them in the workplace. Remember when writing emails in the workplace it is important to have email etiquette, write in a professional manner, and always proofread your message to avoid errors before you press send.  

Things to know:

· South University online library has extensive databases that should be used to find peer-reviewed journal articles. For help in finding articles, please click on the link to the Library where you will find research guides and information about how to ask for help. 

· How to do an article search

· Video guide to finding Scholarly/Peer Reviewed articles -  New Peer Review Video

· Locate one peer-reviewed journal article that deals with motivation

· The article should not be more than 5 to 6 years old.

· In your email, please provide a brief summary of the article: purpose of the study, methodology, and results. Also, include how you think the information you have learned from the journal article can be useful to your team members and provide solutions on how to help motivate them at work. 

You need to follow all APA formatting rules so you should have an APA title page, an APA formatted reference page and APA formatted in-text citations. The paper should be 2 to 3 pages in length submitted in an MS Word document that includes the following: 

· An APA formatted title page 

· Introduction that includes a thesis statement  

· A complete summary of the article in your own words  

· Concluding paragraph  

· An APA formatted reference page 

NOTE: The title page and reference pages do not count towards the 2-3 page requirement.  

Submit your assignment as a Word document and name the file PSY1001_W4_Project_lastname_firstname.doc. Submit your assignment  by the due date assigned to the  Submissions Area.

Learning Objectives

· Recognizing the nature of genetic, biological, environmental, personality, social, cognitive, emotional, and developmental factors in behavior.