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Systematic Review in Business Psychology
Postgraduate | CUR-PSB610 | 2022
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 13 weeks
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Systematic Review in Business Psychology
About this subject
At the completion of this subject students will be able to:
- synthesise literature to formulate a research question related to business psychology
- formulate an appropriate research strategy to find, collate and evaluate evidence
- evaluate and synthesise literature and communicate professionally to answer a specific research question related to business psychology.
- Introduction to Systematic Reviews in Business Psychology
- The first steps
- How to write a protocol
- The search strategy
- Managing search strategy results
- Data Extraction
- Recap and consolidation
- Quality appraisal and risk of bias
- Quality appraisal tools
- Synthesising the evidence
- Conducting statistical synthesis/meta-analysis
- Writing the review and the final check
- Academic journals & publishing your review
This subject provides students with knowledge and skills relating to evidence-informed practice with particular client groups and presenting issues within business and management psychology. Students will engage with and evaluate contemporary best practice evidence in selected areas. Students will undertake a research project to answer a question about a specific area of business psychology.
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- Research Protocol (40%)
- Systematic Review (60%)
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Elective
- CUR-PBM-GCE-2022 - Graduate Certificate in Psychology of Business and Management
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
PostgraduateCUR-PBM-GCE
Graduate Certificate in Psychology of Business and Management