Course: Systematic Literature Review: An Introduction

Congratulations on completing Week 2. This week we have looked at: Understanding what a research question is Developing a research question The importance of a research question Refining a research …

What should a research question be? Burns and Grove (2011) outline that a research question is clear, interrogative and relevant, therefore pertaining to the research topic that you have chosen. …

If you think back to the research cycle we looked at earlier in the course, you will remember that identifying a research topic is the initial stage of a project. …

Thank you for joining us for this first week of Systematic Literature Review: An Introduction. This week we have: Introduced the key themes of this course Defined the systematic literature …

Another type of literature review is a scoping review, which includes information from journal articles, textbooks and grey literature (Peterson et al. 2017), such as government reports and policy documents. …

So far, we’ve explored what a systematic review is but it is useful to know about other types of literature review. A narrative literature review is fairly broad, as it …

Systematic reviews were first used within the medical field (Mallett et al. 2012). Their use has since spread into many fields, including business. For around three decades, the British government …

Broadly speaking, a systematic literature review is a type of review that collects multiple research studies and summarises them to answer a research question using rigorous methods (Gough, Oliver, and …

In this step, we will look at further factors to consider when identifying and developing a research project. It is also important to consider the following factors when identifying your …

In this step, we’ll explore methods of identifying research topics. Why do we do research in business? In business, it is important to conduct research for multiple reasons. These may …

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There are multiple stages in the process of conducting a research project. Understanding the research cycle is extremely helpful in terms of comprehending the structure of research articles. The video …

In this video, Ella Hatton, assistant lecturer in the Business and Occupational Psychology team at Coventry University, reflects on what a research question is and why it is so important. …