What is a scholarly article

What is a scholarly article
Study Books Used in Class:
-Critical Thinking by Alec Fisher

Description: 1). Read the article by John Kotter entitled “The Leadership factor”. Then:
a) Support the position of CONS: The Kotter article (Two views of Leadership) is a scholarly article.
b) Based on what you know about critical thinking and scholarly articles, cogently and thoughtfully defend the position of CONS and argue against PROS.
2). Read the article entitled “Leadership in Organizational Knowledge Creation”. The article is in the January 2012 issue of the Journal of Management Studies. The authors are Krogh, Nonaka and Rechsteiner. Then:
a) Analyze the PROS to the statement: “The article (Leadership in Organizational Knowledge Creation) is or is not a scholarly article”
b) Based on what you know about critical thinking and scholarly articles, cogently defend the position of PROS and argue against CONS