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  1. The Use of Theories in Literature Review

    Theories are used to justify and support your arguments, variables and the phenomena that is being studied. In developing your literature review, it will be helpful to identify an underpinning theory on which you can start developing your arguments and show the gaps of research being examined. Additional theories can be used to supplement your ...

  2. How to Write a Literature Review

    What is a literature review? A literature review is a survey of scholarly sources on a specific topic. It provides an overview of current knowledge, allowing you to identify relevant theories, methods, and gaps in the existing research that you can later apply to your paper, thesis, or dissertation topic.

  3. Literature Reviews, Theoretical Frameworks, and Conceptual Frameworks

    Abstract To frame their work, biology education researchers need to consider the role of literature reviews, theoretical frameworks, and conceptual frameworks as critical elements of the research and writing process. However, these elements can be confusing for scholars new to education research. This Research Methods article is designed to provide an overview of each of these elements and ...

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

    This paper discusses literature review as a methodology for conducting research and offers an overview of different types of reviews, as well as some guidelines to how to both conduct and evaluate a literature review paper. It also discusses common pitfalls and how to get literature reviews published. 1.

  5. Mapping the Landscape of Behavioral Theories: Systematic Literature Review

    Through a cross-disciplinary literature review, this article identifies sixty-two behavioral theories from 963 search results, mapping them in a diagram of four groups (factors, strategies, learning and conditioning, and modeling), and points to five discussion points: understanding of terms, classification, guidance on the use of appropriate ...

  6. PDF LITERATURE REVIEWS

    The literature review is an opportunity to discover and craft your scholarly identity through the kinds of questions you engage, the discussions you enter, the critiques you launch, and the research you advance.

  7. The art of writing literature review: What do we know and what do we

    A literature review article provides a comprehensive overview of literature related to a theme/theory/method and synthesizes prior studies to strength…

  8. What is a Literature Review?

    A literature review is a survey of scholarly sources on a specific topic. It provides an overview of current knowledge, allowing you to identify relevant theories, methods, and gaps in the existing research. There are five key steps to writing a literature review: Search for relevant literature. Evaluate sources. Identify themes, debates and gaps.

  9. Considering methodological options for reviews of theory: illustrated

    Background Review of theory is an area of growing methodological advancement. Theoretical reviews are particularly useful where the literature is complex, multi-discipline, or contested. It has been suggested that adopting methods from systematic reviews may help address these challenges. However, the methodological approaches to reviews of theory, including the degree to which systematic ...

  10. Writing a literature review

    Writing a literature review requires a range of skills to gather, sort, evaluate and summarise peer-reviewed published data into a relevant and informative unbiased narrative. Digital access to research papers, academic texts, review articles, reference databases and public data sets are all sources of information that are available to enrich ...

  11. Guidance on Conducting a Systematic Literature Review

    Abstract Literature reviews establish the foundation of academic inquires. However, in the planning field, we lack rigorous systematic reviews. In this article, through a systematic search on the methodology of literature review, we categorize a typology of literature reviews, discuss steps in conducting a systematic literature review, and provide suggestions on how to enhance rigor in ...

  12. 5. The Literature Review

    Definition A literature review surveys prior research published in books, scholarly articles, and any other sources relevant to a particular issue, area of research, or theory, and by so doing, provides a description, summary, and critical evaluation of these works in relation to the research problem being investigated.

  13. The application of theory in literature reviews

    Purpose Literature review articles have become a frequently applied research approach in operations and supply chain management (SCM). The purpose of this paper aims to elaborate on four approaches for developing or employing theory in systematic literature reviews (SLRs).

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

    A literature review is a comprehensive analysis of existing research on a topic, identifying trends, gaps, and insights to inform new scholarly contributions. Read this comprehensive article to learn how to write a literature review, with examples.

  15. Literature Review

    A literature review is a comprehensive and critical analysis of the existing literature on a particular topic or research question. It involves identifying, evaluating, and synthesizing relevant literature, including scholarly articles, books, and other sources, to provide a summary and critical assessment of what is known about the topic.

  16. Literature Review: The What, Why and How-to Guide

    Literature reviews are also written as standalone articles as a way to survey a particular research topic in-depth. This type of literature review looks at a topic from a historical perspective to see how understanding of the topic has change throughout time.

  17. Leadership Theories and Styles: A Literature Review

    PDF | Numerous explanations, classifications, theories and definitions about leadership, exist in the contemporary literature. Substantial effort has... | Find, read and cite all the research you ...

  18. Academic Guides: Library Guide to Capstone Literature Reviews

    The role of theory Part of your research will include identifying and obtaining original theoretical works, and integrating them into your research to tie your ideas together and keep them grounded in historical context. We understand that it may be challenging to find theories and theorists and track down their original works. The Library can help!

  19. PDF Literature Reviews What is a literature review? summary synthesis

    What is a literature review? A literature review is a description, summary, and critical evaluation of scholarly works on a certain topic. A literature review combines both summary (a recap of important information) and synthesis (a reorganization of that information which reflects your approach to a research problem). You may be asked to write a literature review on a certain topic for a ...

  20. Writing a Literature Review

    Writing a Literature Review A literature review is a document or section of a document that collects key sources on a topic and discusses those sources in conversation with each other (also called synthesis ). The lit review is an important genre in many disciplines, not just literature (i.e., the study of works of literature such as novels and plays). When we say "literature review" or ...

  21. 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 ...

  22. Types of Literature Reviews

    Listed below are definitions of types of literature reviews: Argumentative Review. This form examines literature selectively in order to support or refute an argument, deeply embedded assumption, or philosophical problem already established in the literature. The purpose is to develop a body of literature that establishes a contrarian viewpoint.

  23. Considering methodological options for reviews of theory: illustrated

    Review of theory is an area of growing methodological advancement. Theoretical reviews are particularly useful where the literature is complex, multi-discipline, or contested. It has been suggested that adopting methods from systematic reviews may help ...

  24. Models and frameworks for assessing the implementation of clinical

    The definition of "context" varies in the literature. Despite that, this review considered it as the set of circumstances or factors surrounding a ... Nilsen P, Chung VC ho, Tian Y, Yeoh EK. A scoping review of implementation science theories, models, and frameworks — an appraisal of purpose, characteristics, usability, applicability, and ...

  25. PDF Mini-Literature review Student Identity Development Theory INTRODUCTION

    1 Mini-Literature review. Student Identity Development Theory. INTRODUCTION . Student development theory is an area of study that tries to identify, describe, explain and

  26. Mixed outcomes in recombination rates after domestication ...

    The process of domestication has altered many phenotypes. Selection on these phenotypes has long been hypothesized to indirectly select for increases in recombination rate. This hypothesis is consistent with theory on the evolution of recombination rate, but empirical support has been unclear. We review relevant theory, lab-based experiments, and data comparing recombination rates in wild ...

  27. Digital propaganda is not simply propaganda in digital garb: toward an

    Drawing on a critical review of the existing literature on computational propaganda and disinformation, and employing a three-stage process—addressing the "New Wine in Old Bottles" problem, extracting foundational concepts, and constructing a four-pillar framework—this article proposes an expanded theory of propaganda.

  28. Full article: Ethical leadership and public sector performance

    Abstract. Evidence from the body of knowledge shows that ethical leadership influences organizational outcomes. Thus, drawing on social learning and social exchange theories, this study empirically examines the impact of ethical leadership on public sector organizational performance, focusing on the mediating effects of perceived organizational politics and corporate social responsibility and ...