PDF Doing a literature review in business and management

Doing a literature review in business and management

Prof. David Denyer

Doing a literature review in business and management

The importance of literature reviews

2 key challenges: fragmented field; undeveloped review methods

How to conduct a systematic AND critical review

6 principles

8 steps

5 common traps

The importance of literature reviews

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McKercher et al (2007) bWhy referees reject manuscripts`

The importance of literature reviews

Stronger focus on theoretical framing / theory development

High impact journals that focus solely on reviews (IJMR, AoM Annals, AMR)

Literature review papers are often highly cited

Evidence-based practice, commissioned reviews

MSc dissertations based solely on a literature review (a project on the literature)

Advances in technologies ? making it more important to keep up-to-date

The importance of literature reviews

The foundations upon which your thesis is based, your data will be analysed and your discussion/conclusions

presented.

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Join a conversation

(Huff 1999)

Who (individuals/authors/ papers/books) do I want to talk to?

What are they talking about as I arrive?

What are the most interesting things I have to add?

How do I introduce myself?

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...a Journey

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