Methodological approaches in conducting literature reviews in management science. Webinar series
24-25 March 2021
NOTE! Deadline for abstract submission for 2. "Theorizing through Literature Reviews: Are you a Miner or a Prospector?" 17th of March 11:00 AM GMT. Read information below
1. Systematic literature reviews in business and management. Principles, objectives, and design.
Wednesday, 24th of March at 8am-1pm GMT
Professor David Denyer, Cranfield School of Management
Reviewing literature in the field to which the study belongs is to lay a foundation upon which the research question is based, the data to be analysed and the discussion/conclusions presented. This session aims to introduce the principles of evidence based research in application to literature reviews in business and management research. These principles include a clear formulation of review question and rigour in deploying and describing systematic methods to search, select and analyse the extant literature followed by a relevant discussion of findings.
Recommended reading:
Denyer D. & Tranfield D. (2009), Producing a literature review, in Buchanan and Bryman (2009), SAGE Handbook of Organizational Research Methods (Chapter 39), SAGE Publications Ltd, London, England
Briner, R. and Denyer, D. (2012) SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND EVIDENCE SYNTHESIS AS A PRACTICE AND SCHOLARSHIP TOOL in Rousseau (Ed.) Handbook of Evidence-Based Management: Companies, Classrooms, and Research. Oxford University Press
2. Theorizing through Literature Reviews: Are you a Miner or a Prospector?
Wednesday, 24th of March at 2pm-5pm GMT
Dr Dermot Breslin (Sheffield University Management School)
Co Editor-in-Chief International Journal of Management Reviews
Whilst literature reviews play an increasingly important role in theory development, understanding how they contribute to the process of theorizing is lacking. This webinar develops the metaphor of a miner-prospector continuum, which allows review scholars to identify approaches taken in literature reviews to develop theory. We identify eight strategies located on a continuum ranging from miners - who position their contributions within a bounded and established domain of study alongside other researchers - to prospectors, who are more likely to step outside disciplinary boundaries, introducing novel perspectives and venture beyond knowledge silos. We explore the pathways between miner and prospector in terms of strategies followed, choices made, risks borne and benefits gained. We identify the roles to be played by different stakeholders in balancing the mix between miners and prospectors. While respecting the need for both miner and prospector approaches, we suggest that collective efforts towards encouraging prospector reviews could assist management research in tackling, through reviews, the complex challenges facing organizations and society today.
Agenda
14:00 – 15:00 Introduction to IJMR and Developing theory from literature reviews
15:00 – 16:30 Breakout Sessions and mentor-participant discussions on papers
16:30 – 17:00 Questions, feedback & wrap-up
Preparation
Participants are expected to prepare an abstract of their literature reviews in advance of the webinar. It is important that these abstracts spell out how the review will contribute to theory.
The abstract of max 500 words should include i) the aim of the review, ii) the proposed method used to review the literature, and iii) most importantly, how the review will contribute to theory within the chosen literature.
Pre-reading
Alvesson, M., & Sandberg, J. (2020). The problematizing review: A counterpoint to Elsbach and Van Knippenberg’s argument for integrative reviews. Journal of Management Studies. https://doi.org/10.1111/joms.12582
Breslin, D., & Gatrell, C. (2020). Theorizing Through Literature Reviews: The Miner-Prospector Continuum. Organizational Research Methods, 1094428120943288.
Elsbach, K. D., & van Knippenberg, D. (2020). Creating high‐impact literature reviews: an argument for “integrative reviews”. Journal of Management Studies. https://doi.org/10.1111/joms.12581
Post, C., Sarala, R., Gatrell, C., & Prescott, J. E. (2020) Advancing theory with review articles. Journal of Management Studies, DOI:10.1111/joms.12549.
3. Computational approaches and tools to systematic reviews.
Thursday, 25th of March 9:15am 12:30pm GMT
Dr Christopher Marshall (Newcastle University)
Agenda
9.15 Welcome and introduction to the workshop
9.30 Introduction to the Systematic Review Toolbox
9.45 Activity (exploring the SR Toolbox)
10.00 An overview of Covidence and Rayyan
10.30 Activity (exercise using Rayyan)
11.00 Coffee
11.15 An overview of EPPI-Reviewer and SysRev
11.45 An overview of VosViewer
12.00 Activity (exercise using VosViewer)
12.30 Close
Wednesday, 24th of March at 8am-1pm GMT
Professor David Denyer, Cranfield School of Management
Reviewing literature in the field to which the study belongs is to lay a foundation upon which the research question is based, the data to be analysed and the discussion/conclusions presented. This session aims to introduce the principles of evidence based research in application to literature reviews in business and management research. These principles include a clear formulation of review question and rigour in deploying and describing systematic methods to search, select and analyse the extant literature followed by a relevant discussion of findings.
Recommended reading:
Denyer D. & Tranfield D. (2009), Producing a literature review, in Buchanan and Bryman (2009), SAGE Handbook of Organizational Research Methods (Chapter 39), SAGE Publications Ltd, London, England
Briner, R. and Denyer, D. (2012) SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND EVIDENCE SYNTHESIS AS A PRACTICE AND SCHOLARSHIP TOOL in Rousseau (Ed.) Handbook of Evidence-Based Management: Companies, Classrooms, and Research. Oxford University Press
2. Theorizing through Literature Reviews: Are you a Miner or a Prospector?
Wednesday, 24th of March at 2pm-5pm GMT
Dr Dermot Breslin (Sheffield University Management School)
Co Editor-in-Chief International Journal of Management Reviews
Whilst literature reviews play an increasingly important role in theory development, understanding how they contribute to the process of theorizing is lacking. This webinar develops the metaphor of a miner-prospector continuum, which allows review scholars to identify approaches taken in literature reviews to develop theory. We identify eight strategies located on a continuum ranging from miners - who position their contributions within a bounded and established domain of study alongside other researchers - to prospectors, who are more likely to step outside disciplinary boundaries, introducing novel perspectives and venture beyond knowledge silos. We explore the pathways between miner and prospector in terms of strategies followed, choices made, risks borne and benefits gained. We identify the roles to be played by different stakeholders in balancing the mix between miners and prospectors. While respecting the need for both miner and prospector approaches, we suggest that collective efforts towards encouraging prospector reviews could assist management research in tackling, through reviews, the complex challenges facing organizations and society today.
Agenda
14:00 – 15:00 Introduction to IJMR and Developing theory from literature reviews
15:00 – 16:30 Breakout Sessions and mentor-participant discussions on papers
16:30 – 17:00 Questions, feedback & wrap-up
Preparation
Participants are expected to prepare an abstract of their literature reviews in advance of the webinar. It is important that these abstracts spell out how the review will contribute to theory.
The abstract of max 500 words should include i) the aim of the review, ii) the proposed method used to review the literature, and iii) most importantly, how the review will contribute to theory within the chosen literature.
Pre-reading
Alvesson, M., & Sandberg, J. (2020). The problematizing review: A counterpoint to Elsbach and Van Knippenberg’s argument for integrative reviews. Journal of Management Studies. https://doi.org/10.1111/joms.12582
Breslin, D., & Gatrell, C. (2020). Theorizing Through Literature Reviews: The Miner-Prospector Continuum. Organizational Research Methods, 1094428120943288.
Elsbach, K. D., & van Knippenberg, D. (2020). Creating high‐impact literature reviews: an argument for “integrative reviews”. Journal of Management Studies. https://doi.org/10.1111/joms.12581
Post, C., Sarala, R., Gatrell, C., & Prescott, J. E. (2020) Advancing theory with review articles. Journal of Management Studies, DOI:10.1111/joms.12549.
3. Computational approaches and tools to systematic reviews.
Thursday, 25th of March 9:15am 12:30pm GMT
Dr Christopher Marshall (Newcastle University)
Agenda
9.15 Welcome and introduction to the workshop
9.30 Introduction to the Systematic Review Toolbox
9.45 Activity (exploring the SR Toolbox)
10.00 An overview of Covidence and Rayyan
10.30 Activity (exercise using Rayyan)
11.00 Coffee
11.15 An overview of EPPI-Reviewer and SysRev
11.45 An overview of VosViewer
12.00 Activity (exercise using VosViewer)
12.30 Close