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Travis Winslow
Professor Drummond
WR 323 – Advanced Writing & Argumentation
October 19, 2023
Module 3 | Reading Journal -Tiers of Sources
Tier I source
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Peer-reviewed academic publication:
Peer-Reviewed Journal/Article found through 1Search: Outcomes of Work-Life Balance on Job
Satisfaction, Life Satisfaction and Mental Health: A Study Across Seven Cultures
https://search.library.oregonstate.edu/discovery/fulldisplay?
docid=cdi_csuc_recercat_oai_recercat_cat_2072_241072&context=PC&vid=01ALLIANCE_OS
U:OSU&lang=en&search_scope=OSU_Everything_Profile&adaptor=Primo
%20Central&tab=Everything&query=any,contains,work%20life%20balance&offset=10
Tier II source
– Report, article, or book from credible nonacademic source:
Mental Health America.org article found through Google search: Work Life Balance
https://www.mhanational.org/work-life-balance
Tier III source
– Short piece from newspaper or credible website
The New York Times piece: 8 Hours a Day, 5 Days a Week Is Not Working for Us
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/20/opinion/covid-return-to-office.html
Tier IV source
– Agenda driven or uncertain piece
Talent Q article found through Google search: Work-Life Balance Is Not Possible
https://www.talent-quarterly.com/work-life-balance-is-not-possible/
Reflection
The easiest of the four sources for me to locate was a Tier II source, which I located an
article from a credible nonacademic source. As Amy Guptill in Four Tiers of Sources and How to
Tell the Difference advises that Tier II sources can be found through google searches using
“.gov” or “.org,” I completed a search in Google for my topic of Work-Life Balance with “.org”.
Using this search method, I was successfully able to locate a resourceful article written by
Mental Health America about their thoughts on the importance of a work-life balance. The most
difficult source to locate was the Tier I source. As the Tier I source needed to be a scholarly
publication such as a peer-reviewed journal, it took much longer to find an appropriate piece that
matched my topic and the reframing I am presenting. In my reframing essay, I am planning to
propose that having a perfect work-life balance may not be necessary for success and am using
the examples of entrepreneurs as they often work long hours which take up great amounts of
their personal time. In this peer-reviewed article, the authors detail the drive entrepreneurs have
towards working instead of dedicating that time to their personal lives, which I felt was
applicable to my essay.
I feel that I will be mostly utilizing the peer-reviewed journal for my Tier I source as this
directly applies to my argument and the reframing of the conventional wisdom that I am
proposing. This article specifically highlights the great lengths taken by entrepreneurs to achieve
their goals in their careers, and aids in the idea that a work-life balance may not be necessary.
While I found other sources that do not necessarily agree with this argument, they may not be
completely unapplicable. In this essay, I aim to explore this reframing and persuade the audience
that a work-life balance is not necessary, and I feel that it is vital to understand both sides of the
argument prior to presenting my reframing. I feel that there are many cases where a Tier IV
source could still be valuable in an academic paper as it is always important to understand the
opinions of the public, especially when working to formulate an argumentation. With a further
understanding of both sides of an argument and better knowledge of the public’s feelings
regarding a specific topic, it can allow the author to present their new idea more effectively.
The main difference between the Tier I and Tier IV sources that I have found is the tone
of the authors throughout the pieces. As Tier I sources are peer-reviewed academic publications
that include rigorous research and analysis, the journal I found for this source is naturally
presented in a much more professional tone. The source I found for Tier IV is spoken in a much
more personal tone and lacks any reference to studies or research being conducted as throughout
this opinion piece, the author presents myths that exist surrounding the work-life balance and
they present how to fix potential problems.
I feel that if a Tier III or Tier IV article is interesting, but a more reputable source is
needed for a paper, one area that can be checked is any citations. If the author of the chosen Tier
III or Tier IV source has a list of citations available with any research they may have completed,
these citations could be used to find the original source of these ideas or facts that were provided.
Using these citations, if available, may present the author of the paper with a higher tier of
source that couple be applicable and more reputable for their paper. The Tier III or IV source
may also simply present new ideas that the author of the proposed paper may not have though of
yet, inspiring them to use these new ideas to conduct further research – leading to an academic
and more reputable source to reference and cite.
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Citations
Covert, B. (2021, July 20).
8 hours a day, 5 days a week is not working for US
. The New York
Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/20/opinion/covid-return-to-office.html
Haar, J. M., Russo, M., Suñe, A., & Ollier-Malaterre, A. (2014). Outcomes of work–life balance
on job satisfaction, Life Satisfaction and Mental Health: A Study Across Seven cultures.
Journal of Vocational Behavior
,
85
(3), 361–373. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2014.08.010
Work-life balance is not possible
. TalentQ. (2019, August 24). https://www.talent-
quarterly.com/work-life-balance-is-not-possible/
Work life balance
. Mental Health America. (n.d.). https://www.mhanational.org/work-life-
balance