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
Keywords
Systematic reviewPublicationNarrative reviewField (mathematics)Scientific literatureBibliometricsNarrativeEngineering ethicsSociologyData scienceComputer scienceLibrary sciencePolitical sciencePsychologyMEDLINEEngineering
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- 2019
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- article
- Volume
- 45
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 175-194
- Citations
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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