Content Analysis Final Paper (Motivation)

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Content Analysis
This paper provides a conceptual analysis of three scholarly journal articles. Each of the three articles is examined individually in its own section and the findings are presented using a conceptual analysis approach. A final section is provided in the paper that combines the findings and compares and contrasts the words and concepts that are associated with the overall topic of the articles. Moreover, how the material in these articles contributes to my understanding of the topic of motivation is described exhaustively. It is of note that in conceptual analysis, a concept is selected which is examined, and this analysis involves quantifying and tallying its presence.
Article 1: Banks, Z. M., & Bailey, J. H. (2010). Career Motivation in Newly Licensed Registered Nurses (RNs): What Makes them Remain. The Qualitative Report, 15(6), 1489-1503
Eight steps are used in content analysis with the use of the conceptual analysis approach.
Step 1: Deciding the level of analysis
The initial step entails deciding on the level of analysis. Since the chosen topic in this case is motivation, I have decided to code for phrases or a set of words. For this article, the chosen set of words or phrase is career motivation.
Step 2: Deciding the concepts to code
With regard to this first article, I will code for 3 different concepts. I will code for only those specific words that I determine to be most relevant to nursing. These specific words include the following: (1) motivation; (2) recruitment retention; and (3) job satisfaction. In essence, I allow myself to add relevant categories that have not been included in the set as I find them in the article.
Step 3: Deciding whether to code for frequency or existence of a concept
After choosing the number and set of concepts, the next step is to choose whether to code for frequency or existence. For this article, I choose to code for frequency. This simply means counting the number of times that the concepts appear in the article. Coding for frequency is used since it will give a very broad and extensive perspective of the text.
Step 4: Deciding on how to differentiate amongst concepts
In this step, the level of generalization is determined; that is, if concepts would be coded precisely as they appear, or if they will be coded as the same even when they appear in dissimilar forms. For this particular article, coding of the concepts will entail recording the concepts as the same even when they appear in dissimilar forms. For the word motivation for instance, I will code not just for the word motivation, but also for other words which imply motivation such as inspiration or incentive.
Step 5: Developing rules for coding the texts
In this step, the translation rules are created that will help in streamlining and organizing the process of coding so that I code for precisely what I want to code for. The rules for coding concepts in this article are as follows: concepts with the same implication and which are in the same category will be coded the same way. This means that the concept altruism will be coded under the umbrella of motivation in all paragraphs. Secondly, attract nurses an...