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Brutus, S., Aguinis, H., & Wassmer, U. (2013). Self-reported limitations and future directions in scholarly reports: Analysis and recommendations. Journal of Management, 39(1), 48-75.

Learning Objective:  Explain how reporting research findings can have ethical implications

How does the article support the Learning Objective?  The authors discuss the most common limitations in management studies and the implications therein.

Summary:  Through a content analysis of articles between 1982-2007, authors found self-reported limitations relate to issues of validity and those reports increased over time. The authors suggest guidelines to follow for writing research reports relating to limitations.

Skues, J.L. & Wise, L. (2014). Academic boot camp for the writing of psychology research reports.  Teaching of Psychology, 41(4), 296-302.

Learning Objective:  Describe the format and style of a conventional scholarly report

How does the article support the Learning Objective?   The authors studied a writing boot camp for undergraduate psychology students writing research reports

Summary:  The authors implemented a writing workshop (boot camp) for undergraduate psychology students who were writing research reports.  Prompts were helpful for writing each section of the research report.