Part 1

To implement a “doable” dissertation study, the doctoral learner must transition from a topic of interest to identifying gap in the extant research. That is, the dissertation problem must emerge as a gap from prior research. Discuss the gap you have identified for your dissertation study and the research that outlines the gap for your study. How is your dissertation topic justified by prior research? Explain.

Part 2

The Background of the Problem section in Chapter 2 identifies, based on prior research, the gap or need that informs the topic and problem statement for the research study. Discuss the research gap you have identified for your dissertation study. How does this gap inform the problem statement of the study? How does the problem statement, in turn, inform the theoretical foundation you select for the study? How do the problem statement and theoretical foundation inform the development of content for the study’s literature review?

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Existing research works on the relationship between employee motivation, performance and organizational are yet to provide a thorough framework that can enable management of organization create the ideal workplace that use these factors to acquire and retain the right talent for delivery of their performance objectives. My dissertation study is informed by the gap discussed above and the works of Javed & Nida (2013) and Richardson (2014), which was used by them to enumerate the factors that determine employee motivation and their contribution to organizational success, but was restricted in scope, time and sample size. These prior research studies and several related ones provides a basis to justify the conduct of my dissertation study …

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