Abstract

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

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Systematic reviewPublicationNarrative reviewField (mathematics)Scientific literatureBibliometricsNarrativeEngineering ethicsSociologyData scienceComputer scienceLibrary sciencePolitical sciencePsychologyMEDLINEEngineering

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Year
2019
Type
article
Volume
45
Issue
2
Pages
175-194
Citations
1353
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Martina K. Linnenluecke, Mauricio Marrone, Abhay Kumar Singh (2019). Conducting systematic literature reviews and bibliometric analyses. Australian Journal of Management , 45 (2) , 175-194. https://doi.org/10.1177/0312896219877678

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10.1177/0312896219877678