Innovation paper: (10%). Preparation of one “innovation”

• Innovation paper: (10%). Preparation of one “innovation” (double-

spaced, 12-point font, 2.5-5 pages permissible). This is a brief

description of novel hypotheses (something not already known or

immediately obvious to researchers in health/nursing services).

Although short, the paper must be logically arranged and well-

written. You can also use this short paper as a means to developing a

more comprehensive final term paper idea.

-The first page of the paper will have an introduction that articulates

your key contribution to the literature.

– In the remaining pages, you will develop theory for 1 or 2 novel or

interesting hypotheses (you need not propose/discuss methods).

 Novel/interesting theoretical models do one of the following:

• Consensus shifting where you delineate widely held

assumptions regarding a phenomenon and go on to challenge them

or 3

• Consensus creation where you articulate an absence of

scholarly consensus regarding a phenomenon and seek to either

clarify the lines of debate or resolve the conflict (see Hollenbeck,

2008; Grant & Pollack, 2011. p. 874).

Here are some examples of what you can do:

 At macro-level: think of how nursing services in alignment of

Vision2030 objectives, initiatives & programs (such as Healthcare

Transformation Program, Quality of life program).

 You can propose a moderator that changes the nature of an

established relationship. For instance, it is received wisdom in the

literature that X is positively related to Y. However, you can

challenge that wisdom by proposing that at high (low) levels of a

moderator Z, the relationship flips direction o becomes insignificant.

 You can discuss some competing mediators of a relationship. For

instance, scholars are conflicted about the relationship between X

and Y. Some argue that it is positive; some argue that it is negative;

others expect no significant association.

 You can consolidate these perspectives by noting that X is

positively related to a mediator M1 and negatively related to a

mediator M2, where both M1 and M2 are positively related to Y. By

articulating these differential effects of X on the mediators, you

provide an integrative explanation of the relationship that has

eluded the field so far).

-In other words, your paper should aim to surprise the reader

by drawing conceptual conclusions that the reader would not have

arrived at without the theoretical assistance you have provided

(Staw & Sutton, 1995).

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