What is research?

Northouse, P. G. (2016). Leadership: Theory and practice (7th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc.
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Research can be conducted for a variety of reasons including searching for effective change strategies that allow followers to perceive of someone as a leader rather than a manager or studying a specific problem as one will encounter when preparing the doctoral dissertation. What is research? How is scholarly research different from other kinds of research? What are the essential components of scholarly research? Is the investigation you propose to conduct in this scenario considered scholarly research? Why or why not? How will scholarly research help prepare you for writing your dissertation?

Where there is no guidance the people fall, But in abundance of counselors there is victory. Proverbs 11:14 (NASB)

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Research
Research can be defined as the systematic inquiry that investigates a hypothesis by suggesting new interpretations of texts and data and also propose new questions to be explored in future studies (Smith, 2015). Research process entails asking a question that has not been explored before, reviewing available literature to find the answer and communicating the knowledge obtained to a larger audience.
Scholarly research is performed scientifically through methods like measurement, observation, testing, and reviews of premise. Normally, scholarly research undergoes a process known as peer review where the content of the study passes through experts and practitioners before it can be published (Northouse, 2016: Bartling &Friesike, 2014). The purpose of peer review is to evaluate the originality of the argument in the research, providing suggestions, recommending for publication. Lunde (2017) affirmed that the other kinds of research may not need to be peer reviewed or to…