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  1. Literature review as a research methodology: An overview and guidelines

    This is why the literature review as a research method is more relevant than ever. Traditional literature reviews often lack thoroughness and rigor and are conducted ad hoc, rather than following a specific methodology. ... Analyzing the past to prepare for the future: Writing a literature review. Management Information Systems Quarterly, 26 ...

  2. What is a Literature Review? How to Write It (with Examples)

    A literature review is a critical analysis and synthesis of existing research on a particular topic. It provides an overview of the current state of knowledge, identifies gaps, and highlights key findings in the literature. 1 The purpose of a literature review is to situate your own research within the context of existing scholarship, demonstrating your understanding of the topic and showing ...

  3. How to Write a Literature Review

    Examples of literature reviews. Step 1 - Search for relevant literature. Step 2 - Evaluate and select sources. Step 3 - Identify themes, debates, and gaps. Step 4 - Outline your literature review's structure. Step 5 - Write your literature review.

  4. Literature Review

    The conclusion of the literature review should summarize the main findings, identify any gaps in the literature, and suggest areas for future research. It should also reiterate the importance of the research question or hypothesis and the contribution of the literature review to the overall research project.

  5. Guidance on Conducting a Systematic Literature Review

    Maria Watson is a PhD candidate in the Urban and Regional Science program at Texas A&M University. Her research interests include disaster recovery, public policy, and economic development. Literature reviews establish the foundation of academic inquires. However, in the planning field, we lack rigorous systematic reviews.

  6. PDF Writing an Effective Literature Review

    at each of these in turn.IntroductionThe first part of any literature review is a way of inviting your read. into the topic and orientating them. A good introduction tells the reader what the review is about - its s. pe—and what you are going to cover. It may also specifically tell you.

  7. Writing a literature review

    A formal literature review is an evidence-based, in-depth analysis of a subject. There are many reasons for writing one and these will influence the length and style of your review, but in essence a literature review is a critical appraisal of the current collective knowledge on a subject. Rather than just being an exhaustive list of all that ...

  8. 5. The Literature Review

    A literature review may consist of simply a summary of key sources, but in the social sciences, a literature review usually has an organizational pattern and combines both summary and synthesis, often within specific conceptual categories.A summary is a recap of the important information of the source, but a synthesis is a re-organization, or a reshuffling, of that information in a way that ...

  9. Digital Transformation: A Literature Review and Guidelines for Future

    The aim of this paper is to provide insights regarding the state of the art of Digital Transformation, and to propose avenues for future research. Using a systematic literature review of 206 peer-reviewed articles, this paper provides an overview of the literature. Among other things, the findings indicate that managers should adapt their ...

  10. Literature Review Research

    Literature Review is a comprehensive survey of the works published in a particular field of study or line of research, usually over a specific period of time, in the form of an in-depth, critical bibliographic essay or annotated list in which attention is drawn to the most significant works.. Also, we can define a literature review as the collected body of scholarly works related to a topic:

  11. Telework: systematic literature review and future research agenda

    The systematic literature review method was used in this study. The main purpose of this literature review is twofold. Initially, it aims to explicitly summarize the extant research pattern regarding telework. Second, it seeks to identify the main research gaps in the literature and to suggest a future research agenda.

  12. Systematic literature review on opportunities, challenges, and future

    Future research should focus on (i) proposing a new pedagogical framework for AI learning and teaching and ... A systematic review of the literature regarding socially assistive robots in pre-tertiary education. Computers & Education, 155 (2020), 10.1016/j.compedu.2020.103924.

  13. Digital Transformation: A Literature Review and Guidelines for Future

    The aim of this paper is to provide insights regarding the state of the art of Digital Transformation, and to propose avenues for future research. Using a systematic literature review of 206 peer ...

  14. Green Bond: A Systematic Literature Review for Future Research Agendas

    According to the PRISMA Statement, "systematic review is a review of a clearly formulated question that uses systematic and explicit methods to identify, select, and critically appraise relevant research, and to collect and analyze data from the studies that are included in the review" ( Moher et al. 2010 ).

  15. Brand communities: A literature review and future research agendas

    Such a holistic approach is essential since it provides a comprehensive systematic review and provides future directions instrumental to evolving BC research (Hao et al., 2019; Kumar et al., 2019). Fetscherin and Heinrich ( 2015 ) highlighted the importance of BCs in contemporary consumer-brand relationship research and called for an in-depth ...

  16. Panic buying research: A systematic literature review and future

    Future research is recommended for developing a coordinated response between the pharmacies and local governments to ensure the safety and well-being of community pharmacists: 39. Sterman and Dogan : To investigate hoarding and phantom ordering as a response to limited supply and the sense of uncertainty and capacity constraints

  17. Industrial doctorates: a systematic literature review and future

    The aim of this study is to provide a systematic literature review of the state of theoretical and empirical research on industrial PhD education today. This review addresses the topic in a systematic and comprehensive manner by scrutinising 54 papers published between 2002, when the first articles mentioning industrial doctorates appeared, and ...

  18. Impulse buying: A systematic literature review and future research

    TCCM framework has been widely adopted for organizing future research directions in systematic literature review papers published in top-rated journals (Bhattacharjee et al., 2022; Billore & Anisimova, 2021). Accordingly, the future research agenda for impulse buying research developed using the TCCM framework is discussed in detail below.

  19. Participative Leadership: A Literature Review and Prospects for Future

    The literature also reflects two core characteristics of participative leadership: first, employees are consulted before decisions are made in order to solve problems together; second, employees are given resources to support them in the work process ( Kahai et al., 1997; Lam et al., 2015; Li et al., 2018 ).

  20. Impulse buying: A systematic literature review and future research

    Drawing on the TCCM framework suggested by Paul and Rosado‐Serrano (2019), we synthesise the impulse buying literature and develop a future research agenda. Accordingly, this review synthesises ...

  21. Employee well-being human resource practices: a systematic literature

    We conducted a systematic literature review (SLR) with PRISMA 2020 for the systematic selection of 16 conceptual and empirical, peer-reviewed journal articles published between 2010 and 2024.

  22. Lifestyle Entrepreneurship: Literature Review and Future Research

    The literature on such Lifestyle Entrepreneurship (LE) includes research on artisan, artistic, craft, creative, fitness, hobbyist, leisure, sport, and tourism entrepreneurship. This literature has grown quickly over the last decade, but it is scattered across a range of domains, disciplines, and journals and lacks conceptual clarity.

  23. Benefits, challenges, and limitations of inventory control using

    This article presents a comprehensive review of the literature on the benefits, challenges, and limitations of using machine learning (ML) algorithms in inventory control, focusing on how these algorithms can transform inventory management and improve operational efficiency in supply chains. The originality of the study lies in its integrative approach, combining a detailed review with a ...

  24. Failure mode and effect analysis improvement: A systematic literature

    Finally, conclusions and future research suggestions are discussed in Section 5. 2. Research methodology. The objective of literature review is to assess and analyze the body of literature concerning a knowledge domain with the purpose of identifying potential research gaps and providing insights to researchers and practitioners [37].

  25. Research progress and intellectual structure of design for digital

    Future research opportunities are identified in DDE's emotional, cultural, and fashion aspects; acceptance of multimodal, tangible, and natural interaction technologies; needs and preferences of ...

  26. Analysing Near-Miss Incidents in Construction: A Systematic Literature

    The construction sector is notorious for its high rate of fatalities globally. Previous research has established that near-miss incidents act as precursors to accidents. This study aims to identify research gaps in the literature on near-miss events in construction and to define potential directions for future research. The Scopus database serves as the knowledge source for this study. To ...

  27. Mobile advertising: A systematic literature review and future research

    The literature review shows that mobile advertising research has transitioned from text message-based SMS advertisements into internet-based smartphone advertising. Furthermore, based on the synthesis, we have developed a conceptual framework that shows the antecedents, mediators and consequences of mobile advertising.

  28. Interdisciplinary Approaches to Higher Education and Food Safety in

    Each review discusses available knowledge and potential development opportunities surrounding food safety, a significant threat to public health, especially in low- and middle-income countries. Building upon the food safety literature, chapters four and five are based upon research aimed at reducing foodborne illnesses in Cambodia's informal ...

  29. Image‐Generated Word‐of‐Mouth: A Catalyst for Visiting Friends and

    2 Literature Review and Hypothesis Development. This study builds on prior research in VFR tourism, eWOM, and the theories of visual rhetoric and emotional contagion. ... 4.3 Limitations and Future Research. While this research contributes initial insights into the online interactions between sojourners and the VFR segment, this study focuses ...