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TOPIC 03

LITERATURE REVIEWLECTURER: THANG NGUYEN @ FSB HANOI

BASED ON: SAUNDERS ET AL(2012)

RESEARCH METHODS FOR BIZ STUDENTS

Dissertation


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OUTLINE

Critical review

Literature sources

Literature search planning

Literature search conducting

Obtaining & evaluating

Recording the literature

Systematic review

Plagiarism


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CRITICAL REVIEW

CRITICAL LITERATURE REVIEW

Constructive analysis

Clear argument

What known & what not known

About your research question

TASKS

A lot of reading

Assessment of value of each readingOrganise ideas & findings


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CRITICAL REVIEW

VALUES

Constitute an important part of project

Help generate & refine research ideas

Provide context & theoretical framework

Vision: lit. boundaries & your contributions

CRITICAL

Only most relevant & significant literature

Understand advances & limitationsUnderstand linkages between readings


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CRITICAL REVIEW

TRADITIONAL STEPS

1) Define parameters to Q & Obj.

2) Search terms & first search

3) List of references

4) Read & evaluate

5) Record ideas & write the review

6) Go back to step (1)


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CRITICAL REVIEW

BUSINESS & MANAGEMENT

LITERATURE

Finance

Marketing

Human resource

Economics

Psychology

Sociology

Geography


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CRITICAL REVIEW

NATURE OF LITERATURE

Empirical

Theoretical

Opposing ideas

PURPOSESDeductive approach

Identify theories & use data to test

Inductive approachExplore data & develop theories

Relate your theories to literature


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CRITICAL REVIEW

OTHER PURPOSES

Help refine research Q & Obj.

Find future research ideas

Help avoid repeating others work

Help gain insights into research interests

Guide your research approach


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CRITICAL REVIEW

READING TIPS

Preview

Summarise

Compare & contrast

Read with some skepticism

Review questions (Wallace & Ray, 2011)

1) Why reading this?

2) Purposes of the author?

3) How relevant to your research?

4) How convincing?

5) How to use the reading?


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CRITICAL REVIEW

CONTENT

Relevant & representative references

Most significant theories of experts

Relationships bet. research findings

Key points & trends incl. omissions & biases

Logical relationship to your research


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CRITICAL REVIEW

CRITICAL APPROACH

Critique of rhetoric

Effective use of argument language

Critique of tradition

Question conventional wisdom

Critique of authority

Question dominant view

Critique of objectivity

Recognise something not value free


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CRITICAL REVIEW

CRITICALLY REVIEWING TIPS

Refer to & assess authority research

Consider supporting & opposing ideas

Make reasoned judgements on values

Relate values to your research

Support arguments with evidence

Distinguish bet. facts & opinions

Checklist: Box 3.3 p78


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CRITICAL REVIEW

STRUCTURE

Avoid uncritical listing of previous research

Use thematic comparison & contrast

Thematic structures: Figure 3.2 p79

Checklist: Box 3.4 p80

Example: Box 3.5 p80


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LITERATURE SOURCES

OVERVIEW

Primary: published & unpublished

Secondary: journals, books, newspapers

Tertiary: indexes, databases, Table 3.2 p87

Use of sources: dependent on Q & Obj.


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LITERATURE SOURCES

USEFUL TERTIARY SOURCES

British National Bibliography (BNB)

EBSCO

Emerald

IngentaConnect

ISI Web of Knowledge

JSTOR

Sage Premier

Web of Science Proceedings


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LITERATURE SEARCH PLANNING

EFFECTIVE PLANNING

Clearly defined Q & Obj., outline proposal

Parameters of research: Box 3.7 p92

Search terms & phrases: Box 3.11. p97

Online databases & search engines

Criteria for relevant research


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LITERATURE SEARCH CONDUCTING

SEARCHING APPROACHES

Tertiary sources: online databases, links

Books and journals

Secondary sources: your library

Internet searching


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OBTAINING & EVALUATING

OBTAINING

Library catalogue: abstracts => usability

Inter-library loan

EVALUATING

Dependent on Q & Obj.Relevance & value

Sufficiency: circle referencing


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RELEVANCE

Close to your Q & Obj. to include?

How recent?

Superseded?

Context sufficiently different to exclude?

See references to this?

Support or oppose your arguments?


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VALUE

Biased, subjective, emotional?

Methodological omissions?

Precision sufficient?

Guidance for future research?


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RECORDING THE LITERATURE

RECORDING

Make notes: quotation marks & page numbers

Bibliographic details: p111

Brief summary of content

Supplementary information

Software: Reference Manager, EndNote


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SYSTEMATIC REVIEW

SYSTEMATIC REVIEW

A process

Comprehensive pre-planned strategy

Locate existing literature

Evaluate contribution

Analyse & synthesize findings

Conclusions on what known & not known


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SYSTEMATIC REVIEW

5-STEP PROCESS

Formulate review questions

Locate & generate list of potential readings

Select & evaluate using inclusion & exclusion

Analyse & synthesize relevant research

Report results


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PLAGIARISM

PLAGIARISM

Present work or ideas

As if of your own

Fail to acknowledge original sources

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