Guidelines for producing theoretical framework level 1b

The guidelines for producing theoretical framework level 1b are as follows:

Theoretical framework 1b makes use of the academic ideas in theoretical framework 1a to produce research tasks. Because research tasks are in the form of a sentence, it is not quite feasible to produce it in the form of a diagram. In this case, just list the theoretical components (with labels) and provide the list of research tasks per component is quite appropriate. The list format goes something likes this:

E.g.

Component X: to evaluate XXXXX(e.g., Component 3: to evaluate the innovation capability of ABC Ltd.)
Research task 3.1
Research task 3.2
Research task 3.3
.....



Theoretical framework level 1b is concisely described as theoretical framework level 0 + research tasks

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The following note illustrates what is an academic idea and its corresponding research task:

"Leadership theories abound in the literature. One management principle is that managers should coach their subordinates as well as assess them (Wong and Li, 2015). Given guidance, the leadership styles of managers can greatly influence employees’ behavior (Lin et al., 2010; Li and Sun, 2015). Two dimensions of leadership are recognized by the Ohio School of Management Leadership, which are leader consideration and leader initiating structure. Leader initiating structure is bound up with how a supervisor coaches service staff. Leader consideration refers to the degree to which supervisors create an atmosphere of support and show their concern for the subordinates’ well-being (Bass and Stogdill, 1981; Judge et al., 2004; Kerr et al., 1974; Lin et al., 2014)"; [Lishan Xie, Yaoqi Li, Sheng-Hsiang Chen, Tzung-Cheng Huan, (2016) "Triad theory of hotel managerial leadership, employee brand-building behavior, and guest images of luxury-hotel brands", International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, Vol. 28 Issue: 9, pp.1826-1847, https://doi.org/10.1108/IJCHM-01-2015-0004.]

Key words: leader consideration and initiating structure

Research tasks: To learn perception of how existing managerial leadership quality in terms of leader consideration and initiating structure affect employees' and organizational performance [by unstructured interview and questionnaire survey on company staff].

In this example, "leader consideration and initiating structure" is an academic idea while "To learn perception of how existing managerial leadership quality in terms of leader consideration and initiating structure affect employees' and organizational performance [by unstructured interview and questionnaire survey on company staff]" is its corresponding research task. 

The specification of research method {i.e. [by unstructured interview and questionnaire survey on company staff]} in the research task is optional.