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BBA 04Bahria University
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Literature Review
Knowledge doesnt exist in a vacuum, and your work onlyhas value in relation to other peoples. Your work and
your findings will be significant only to the extent thatthey are the same as , or different from, other peopleswork and findings.
(Jankowicz, 2000)
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Literature Review
Literature review should becritical
Inductive/Deductive approach
Deductive approach
Use of literature on the basis of which a theoreticalframework is developed , which is subsequently testedusing data
Inductive approach Plan to explore data and to develop theories from them
that will subsequently relate to literature
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Content of the critical review
To include key academic theories within your chosenarea
To demonstrate that knowledge of your chosen area is
up to date To assess the strengths and weaknesses of previous
work
To justify your arguments by referencing previousresearch
Use of clear referencing
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Structure of the critical review
A single chapterA series of chapters
Throughout the project report as you tackle various
issues
The key to writing a critical literature review is to link
together the different ideas that are found in theliterature to form a cohesive and coherent argument,which set in context and justify your research
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Literature review in view ofstudents Start at a more general level before narrowing down to your
specific research question(s) and objectives
Provide a brief overview of key ideas
Summarize, compare and contrast the work of the key
writers Narrow down to highlight the work most relevant to your
search
Provide a detailed account of the findings of this work
Highlight issues that will provide fresh insights
Lead the reader into subsequent sections of the projectreport, which explore these issues
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Sources of literature Primary
First occurrence of a piece of work
Reports, theses, emails, conference reports, governmentpublications
Secondary Subsequent publication of primary research
Books, journals and newspapers
Tertiary To locate primary and secondary sources
Search tools
EBSCO, EMERALD, JSTOR, Index to conference proceedings,index to theses
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Planning the literature search
1. Defining the parameters of your search Language of publication (for example English)
Subject area (for example accountancy)
Business sector ( for example manufacturing) Geographical area ( for example Europe)
Publication period ( for example the last 10 years)
Literature type ( for example refereed journals andbooks)
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Planning the literature search
2. Generating keywords and search terms Discussion with colleagues, project tutor and librarians
Initial reading of books, recent review articles,dictionaries, encyclopedias, handbooks and thesauruses
Brainstorming
Relevance trees
3. Discussing your idea as widely as possible
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Conducting the literature search
Searching using tertiary literature sources
Obtaining relevant literature referenced in books and
journal articles that have already been read
Scanning and browsing secondary literature in the
library
Searching using the internet
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Obtaining and evaluating theliterature
Obtaining the literature
Using library online resources
For books and published journals, check library
catalogue for the availability
Evaluating the literature
Assessing relevance
Assessing sufficiency
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Recording the literature
Bibliographic details Brief summary of content
Supplementary information
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