1.U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. MLS News Releases. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Web. 20 Oct. 2016
2. Noer, David M. Healing the Wounds: Overcoming the Trauma of Layoffs and Revitalizing Downsized Organizations. Vol. XVIII. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2009. Print.
3. De Meuse, Kenneth P. and Marks, Mitchell Lee. Resizing the Organization: Managing Layoffs, Divestitures, and Closings: Maximizing Gain While Minimizing Pain. 1st ed. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2003. Print.
4.Cascio, Wayne F. Responsible Restructuring: Creative and Profitable Alternatives to Layoffs. San Francisco, CA: Berrett-Koehler, 2002. Print.
5. Downs, Alan. Corporate Executions: The Ugly Truth about Layoffs--how Corporate Greed Is Shattering Lives, Companies, and Communities. New York: AMACOM, 1995. Print
· Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable, reference?
In the Wikipedia article, Layoff, I believe that the article does have reliable references attached to it including a dictionary. There are multiple references and footnotes and additional readings at the end of the article.
· Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?
This article had a lot of irrelevant information and definitions of layoffs in different countries and a section at the bottom of the article about compensation in Australia. Although this article is on the English Wikipedia page, noting the other countries throughout the article took away from the main point of the article- to inform the readers about layoffs.
· Is this article neutral? Are there any claims, or frames that appear heavily biased towards a particular position?
This article is for the mostly neutral until the article goes into unemployment compensation. There is a whole section on lumping unemployment compensation and then there is a separate section on unemployment compensation in Australia whereas it could just be a paragraph at the end of the section for unemployment compensation.
· Where does this information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is the biases noted?
The article's references seem to be heavily concentrated in international sources. I think to be more well rounded there needs to be sources from the United States as well. America is a country that you cannot ignore.
· Are there viewpoints that are over-represented, or under-represented?
Yes, I feel like there are a few different international sources from the United Kingdom and Australia that are heavily represented. On the other hand there are very few sources from the United States.
· Check a few citations. Do the links work? Is there any close paraphrasing or plagiarism in the article?
The links work properly in the article. There is close paraphrasing throughout the article and quotation marks often in the article. The information is good information but it needs to be written in an author's own words- not the US Department of Labor's.
· Is there any information that is out of date? Is there any information that could be added?
Yes, a good portion of the information in the article is outdated, including some information dating back to the early 1990's, and needed to be updated. More information from the United States needs to be added to make the article more well rounded rather than heavily focusing on European information and sources.
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1.U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. MLS News Releases. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Web. 20 Oct. 2016
2. Noer, David M. Healing the Wounds: Overcoming the Trauma of Layoffs and Revitalizing Downsized Organizations. Vol. XVIII. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2009. Print.
3. De Meuse, Kenneth P. and Marks, Mitchell Lee. Resizing the Organization: Managing Layoffs, Divestitures, and Closings: Maximizing Gain While Minimizing Pain. 1st ed. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2003. Print.
4.Cascio, Wayne F. Responsible Restructuring: Creative and Profitable Alternatives to Layoffs. San Francisco, CA: Berrett-Koehler, 2002. Print.
5. Downs, Alan. Corporate Executions: The Ugly Truth about Layoffs--how Corporate Greed Is Shattering Lives, Companies, and Communities. New York: AMACOM, 1995. Print
· Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable, reference?
In the Wikipedia article, Layoff, I believe that the article does have reliable references attached to it including a dictionary. There are multiple references and footnotes and additional readings at the end of the article.
· Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?
This article had a lot of irrelevant information and definitions of layoffs in different countries and a section at the bottom of the article about compensation in Australia. Although this article is on the English Wikipedia page, noting the other countries throughout the article took away from the main point of the article- to inform the readers about layoffs.
· Is this article neutral? Are there any claims, or frames that appear heavily biased towards a particular position?
This article is for the mostly neutral until the article goes into unemployment compensation. There is a whole section on lumping unemployment compensation and then there is a separate section on unemployment compensation in Australia whereas it could just be a paragraph at the end of the section for unemployment compensation.
· Where does this information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is the biases noted?
The article's references seem to be heavily concentrated in international sources. I think to be more well rounded there needs to be sources from the United States as well. America is a country that you cannot ignore.
· Are there viewpoints that are over-represented, or under-represented?
Yes, I feel like there are a few different international sources from the United Kingdom and Australia that are heavily represented. On the other hand there are very few sources from the United States.
· Check a few citations. Do the links work? Is there any close paraphrasing or plagiarism in the article?
The links work properly in the article. There is close paraphrasing throughout the article and quotation marks often in the article. The information is good information but it needs to be written in an author's own words- not the US Department of Labor's.
· Is there any information that is out of date? Is there any information that could be added?
Yes, a good portion of the information in the article is outdated, including some information dating back to the early 1990's, and needed to be updated. More information from the United States needs to be added to make the article more well rounded rather than heavily focusing on European information and sources.
![]() | This is a user sandbox of
Kls216. You can use it for testing or practicing edits. This is not the sandbox where you should draft your assigned article for a dashboard.wikiedu.org course. To find the right sandbox for your assignment, visit your Dashboard course page and follow the Sandbox Draft link for your assigned article in the My Articles section. |