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Klappentext With a key focus on mixed methods, coverage of the 'why' as well as the 'how', and a clear explanation of the CORE system, this book will be instrumental in helping readers to produce organized, ethical, insightful and, of course, comprehensive literature reviews. Zusammenfassung With a key focus on mixed methods, coverage of the ‘why’ as well as the ‘how’, and a clear explanation of the CORE system, this book will be instrumental in helping readers to produce organized, ethical, insightful and, of course, comprehensive literature reviews. Inhaltsverzeichnis PART ONE: OVERVIEW Chapter 1: Foundations of the Literature Review Chapter 2: The Literature Review Chapter 3: Methodology of the Literature Review PART TWO: EXPLORATION Chapter 4: Step 1: Exploring Beliefs and Topics Chapter 5: Step 2: Initiating the Search Chapter 6: Step 3: Storing and Organizing Information Chapter 7: Step 4: Selecting/Deselecting Information Chapter 8: Step 5: Expanding the Search: Media, Observation(s), Documents, Experts and Secondary Data PART THREE: INTEGRATION Chapter 9: Step 6: Analyzing and Synthesizing Information PART FOUR: COMMUNICATION Chapter 10: Step 7: Presenting the CLR Report: Planning Phase Chapter 11: Step 7: Presenting the CLR Written Report APPENDICES Appendix A: Supplemental Tables of Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Research Designs Appendix B: Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Legitimation Frameworks
List of contents
PART ONE: OVERVIEW
Chapter 1: Foundations of the Literature Review
Chapter 2: The Literature Review
Chapter 3: Methodology of the Literature Review
PART TWO: EXPLORATION
Chapter 4: Step 1: Exploring Beliefs and Topics
Chapter 5: Step 2: Initiating the Search
Chapter 6: Step 3: Storing and Organizing Information
Chapter 7: Step 4: Selecting/Deselecting Information
Chapter 8: Step 5: Expanding the Search: Media, Observation(s), Documents, Experts and Secondary Data
PART THREE: INTEGRATION
Chapter 9: Step 6: Analyzing and Synthesizing Information
PART FOUR: COMMUNICATION
Chapter 10: Step 7: Presenting the CLR Report: Planning Phase
Chapter 11: Step 7: Presenting the CLR Written Report
APPENDICES
Appendix A: Supplemental Tables of Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Research Designs
Appendix B: Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Legitimation Frameworks
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This is by far the most comprehensive text on how to do comprehensive literature reviews! Onwuegbuzie and Frels skilfully demonstrate that review has a methodology of its own. Both novice and experienced scholars will benefit from detailed examples and step-by-step demonstrations of ways to maximize the effectiveness of literature reviews to build new theories and develop better explanations of behaviours and outcomes.
Abbas Tashakkori 20151118
