2019/10/03 by Martina K Linnenluecke, Martina K. Linnenluecke, Mauricio Marrone +2 · 6 citations
Business, Management and Accounting · Decision Sciences · Engineering · Psychology · #Bibliometrics #Computer science #Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting #Data science #Engineering #Engineering ethics #Field (mathematics) #Library science #MEDLINE #Narrative #Narrative review #Political science #Psychology #Publication #Scientific literature #Sociology #Systematic review #scientometrics and bibliometrics research
paper · doi:10.1177/0312896219877678
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Literature reviews play an essential role in academic research to gather existing knowledge and to examine the state of a field. However, researchers in business, management and related disciplines continue to rely on cursory and narrative reviews that lack a systematic investigation of the literature. This article details methodological steps for conducting literature reviews in a replicable and scientific fashion. This article also discusses bibliographic mapping approaches to visualise bibliometric information and findings from a systematic literature review. We hope that the insights provided in this article are useful for researchers at different stages of their careers – ranging from doctoral students who wish to assemble a broad overview of their field of interest to guide their work, to senior researchers who wish to publish authoritative literature reviews. JEL Classification: C18, C80, C88, M10, M20