Introduction
The article by Xiaowei Cai, Lindsey Higgins, and Marianne McGarry Wolf in the journal International Food and Agribusiness Management Review discussed if social collaboration and technology in higher education benefit women in the agribusiness industry. The authors are discussing how tools used in higher education impacts the student’s confidence and further help them to develop confidence in their careers. The authors have performed the research with a survey of 408 agriculture students. The results of the survey have displayed that in comparison to males, female students had a larger impact on their due to technology and social collaboration, especially in terms of their interest in the topics, confidence taken from the classroom and knowledge developed about the discussed events (Cai, Higgins & Wolf 93).
Analysis
Concepts
The article and the authors have made claims in the article on the basis of either secondary information from other sources or their own survey. The theory in the article is supported with facts taken from relevant sources such as Pew, US Census Bureau, etc. The authors have discussed important issues related to the main topic such as average wages of women in the United States, educational patterns, wage gap, gender gap, comparisons between women from past generations and the women of Millennials and higher education. All concepts combine to form a well defined introduction that is reliant on the information collected from reliable sources. Also, defining and explaining these concepts help the authors build reader’s attention and relate with the main objective of the research.
Literature Review
Most of the literature used in the article relates to the main topic and builds an intriguing article for the readers. Also, the secondary sources used in the article are from other academic journals and related to topics such as education, agribusiness, web-based education, social media, and gender gaps, gender communication, etc. The authors have used all these sources and topics to build their case and prove that women have a larger impact on their life after being exposed to technology and social collaboration in the classroom. This displayed when they apply for job interviews and have the confidence from the classroom activities to communicate and display their point of view. Overall, the literature review helps the authors to create a need for conducting a survey of agribusiness students and come to a conclusion regarding their initial question.
Survey and Sampling
Conclusion
Work Cited
Cai, X., L. Higgins, and M. M. Wolf. "Millennials Leaning In: Can Women in Agribusiness Benefit from Technology and Social Collaboration in Higher Education?" International Food and Agribusiness Management Review 18.2 (2015): 93-108. Print.
