Abstract
Knowledge production within the field of business research is accelerating at a tremendous speed while at the same time remaining fragmented and interdisciplinary. This makes it hard to keep up with state-of-the-art and to be at the forefront of research, as well as to assess the collective evidence in a particular area of business research. 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. Therefore, questions can be raised about the quality and trustworthiness of these types of reviews. 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.
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Systematic reviewManagement scienceEngineering ethicsField (mathematics)RigourQuality (philosophy)Data scienceComputer sciencePolitical scienceEpistemologyEngineeringMEDLINE
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- 2019
- Type
- review
- Volume
- 104
- Pages
- 333-339
- Citations
- 8124
- Access
- Closed
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Hannah Snyder
(2019).
Literature review as a research methodology: An overview and guidelines.
Journal of Business Research
, 104
, 333-339.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2019.07.039
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- DOI
- 10.1016/j.jbusres.2019.07.039