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Lecturer's comment 1:
Your references should always appear on a separate page .Your reference list is inconsistent and needs proofreading for accuracy and adherence to APA 6th requirements.
Byrnes, M. (2013). Employees’ dismissal for emailing porn found unfair. Law Society Journal, October 2013. Lecturer's comment 2:
Volume and issue number? Page numbers? "October 2013" does not conform to APA style for recording the publication date.Lecturer's comment 3:
Byrnes, M. (2013). Employees’ dismissal for emailing porn found unfair. Law Society Journal, 51(9), 48 - 49. Retrieved from https://www.lawsociety.com.au/
DePree, C.M., & Jude, R.K., (2006). Who’s reading your office e-mail? Is that legal? HR Management, Strategic Finance, April, 2006. 45-47.
Lecturer's comment 4:
Incorrect punctuation. If HR Management is the journal title (it isn't, by the way), what is Strategic Finance? This is not the correct place to include publication dates. Where are the volume and issue numbers?
Lecturer's comment 5:
DePree, C. M., & Jude, R. K., (2006). Who’s reading your office e-mail? Is that legal? Strategic Finance, 87(10), 45-47. Retrieved from http://sfmagazine.com/
Fenely, R. (2014, October 25). Poetry professor tests line between satire and bigotry. The Sydney Morning Herald, p.29. Lecturer's comment 6:
Punctuation incorrect. I presume you did not locate and use a hard copy of the newspaper. This should therefore be referenced as an online newspaper article, including "Retrieved from" and the url.Lecturer's comment 7:
Fenely, R. (2014, October 25). Poetry professor tests line between satire and bigotry. The Sydney Morning Herald. p.29. Retrieved from http://www.smh.com.au/
Gilbert J. (2012). Ethics for managers: Philosophical foundations and business realities. New York: Routledge. Lecturer's comment 8:
Comma missing.Lecturer's comment 9:
Gilbert, J. (2012). Ethics for managers: Philosophical foundations and business realities. New York: Routledge.
Kiser, I.T, Porter, T., & Vequist, D. (2010). Employee monitoring and ethics: can they co-exist? International Journal of Digital Literacy and Digital Competence, 1(4), 30-45. October-December 2010. Lecturer's comment 10:
Add a full-stop after the T and a space after the comma.Lecturer's comment 11:
? Unnecessary (see comments above). You also need to include the doi unless you used a physical copy of the journal. The Monash Library no longer holds physical copies.Lecturer's comment 12:
Kiser, I. T., Porter, T., & Vequist, D. (2010). Employee monitoring and ethics: can they co-exist? International Journal of Digital Literacy and Digital Competence, 1(4), 30-45. doi:10.4018/jdldc.2010100104
McNeilage, A. (2014, October 18.) Professor suspended from uni after racist emails leak source. The Sydney Morning Herald , p.4. Lecturer's comment 13:
Punctuation in wrong location. Lecturer's comment 14:
Incorrect. Lecturer's comment 15:
Retrieved from?Lecturer's comment 16:
McNeilage, A. (2014, October 18). Professor suspended from uni after racist emails leak source. The Sydney Morning Herald. p.4. Retrieved from http://www.smh.com.au/
O’Rourke, A., Teicher, J., & Pyman, A. (2011). Internet and email monitoring in the workplace: time for an alternate approach , Journal of Industrial Relations, 53(4), 522-533. doi:10.1177/0022185611414622. Lecturer's comment 17:
Incorrect punctuation. Lecturer's comment 18:
O’Rourke, A., Teicher, J., & Pyman, A. (2011). Internet and email monitoring in the workplace: time for an alternate approach. Journal of Industrial Relations, 53(4), 522-533. doi:10.1177/0022185611414622.
Robbins, S.P. Bergman, R., Stagg, I. & Coulter, M. (2012). Management (6th ed.). Frenchs Forest, NSW: Pearson Education Australia. Lecturer's comment 19:
Spacing. Lecturer's comment 20:
Punctuation missing. Lecturer's comment 21:
Robbins, S. P., Bergman, R., Stagg, I., & Coulter, M. (2012). Management (6th ed.). Frenchs Forest, NSW: Pearson Education Australia.
Van Gramberg, B., Teicher, J., & O’Rourke, A. (2014). Managing electronic communications: A new challenge for human resource managers, The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 25(16), 2234-2252. doi: 10.1080/09585192.2013.872166
Lecturer's comment 22:Spacing. Lecturer's comment 23:
Punctuation. Lecturer's comment 24:
No space required here.Lecturer's comment 25:
Van Gramberg, B., Teicher, J., & O’Rourke, A.(2014). Managing electronic communications: A new challenge for human resource managers. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 25(16), 2234-2252. doi:10.1080/09585192.2013.872166
Wheelwright, K. (2002).Monitoring employees’ email and internet use at work - balancing the interests of employers and employees. Journal of Law, Information and Science, 31, 70–88. Lecturer's comment 26:
Journal title is incorrect, as are page numbers. Lecturer's comment 27:
Wheelwright, K. (2002).Monitoring employees’ email and internet use at work - balancing the interests of employers and employees. Journal of Law and Information Science, 13, 70-89.
Here is a copy of the corrected reference list (PDF, 0.08 MB)
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