The Dilemmas of Systematic Literature Review : the Context of Crowdsourcing in Science

• Autorzy: Regina Lenart-Gansiniec
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Purpose. The proliferation of knowledge in management sciences is accelerating rapidly. The condition of reliability and originality of research underlies all research activities. Therefore, literature review as a research method is more important than ever. However, searching the enormous and still growing number of published studies can be a difficult undertaking, especially for new concepts for which there is no well-established theory and related conceptualisation or operationalisation. Such newness in turn may limit the conduct of any literature review. The aim of the article is to identify, assess, and classify dilemmas that researchers may face during the planning stage of a systematic literature review.
Findings. Based on the literature review and the author's own experience, a list of ten dilemmas was formulated using the example of a systematic literature review in the context of crowdsourcing in science.
Practical implications. Due to the consolidation of publications in the field of systematic literature review methodology, this article focuses on the dilemmas and challenges that may be faced by researchers conducting systematic literature reviews, especially in the context of new and poorly identified issues. We present dilemmas but also ways to solve them. Our article is aimed at researchers, scientists, and PhD students who may need to conduct a systematic literature review. (original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Crowdsourcing; Science; Research methodology; Literature review; Systematic literature review

PL

Crowdsourcing; Nauka; Metodologia badań; Przegląd literatury; Systematyczny przegląd literatury

• Czasopismo: International Journal of Contemporary Management
• Rocznik: 2022
• Numer: nr 1
• Strony: 11--21

Twórcy

autor

Regina Lenart-Gansiniec

• Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland

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DOI

10.2478/ijcm-2022-0001