Systematicity in Literature Reviews
by Janet Salmons, Ph.D., Research Community Manager for SAGE Methodspace
How can scholars make sense of increasingly large bodies of research?
In this interview Dr. Brian Fox explains the principles of transparency, coverage, saturation, connectedness, universalism, and coherence in the context of literature reviews.
Perhaps not surprisingly, researchers, practitioners, and policymakers have discussed the need for and importance of systematicity to strengthen the methodological rigor of literature reviews.
Fox discusses methodological rigor and explains key points from the article “Systematicity in Organizational Research Literature Reviews: A Framework and Assessment,” written with Zeki Simsek and Ciaran Heavey.
The article is part of a feature topic in the Organizational Research Methods journal, Rigorous and Impactful Literature Reviews. See the whole set of open-access articles and interviews with researchers here.
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