A Knowledge Development Perspective on Literature Reviews - Validation of a new Typology in the IS Field

Communications of the Association for Information Systems · 2020 · 46, 134–186

literature-reviews
Authors

Schryen, Guido

Wagner, Gerit

Benlian, Alexander

Paré, Guy

Published

2020

Doi

10.17705/1CAIS.04607

Keywords

literature-reviews

Abstract

Literature reviews (LRs) play an important role in developing domain knowledge in all fields. Yet, we observe insufficient insights into the activities with which LRs actually develop knowledge. To address this important gap, we 1) derive knowledge-building activities from the extant literature on LRs, 2) suggest a knowledge-based LR typology that complements existing typologies, and 3) apply the typology in an empirical study that explores how LRs with different goals and methodologies have contributed to knowledge development. In analyzing 240 LRs published in 40 renowned information systems (IS) journals between 2000 and 2014, we draw a detailed picture of knowledge development that one of the most important genres in the IS field has achieved. With this work, we help to unify extant LR conceptualizations by clarifying and illustrating how they apply different methodologies in a range of knowledge-building activities to achieve their goals with respect to theory.

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Schryen, G., Wagner, G., Benlian, A., & Paré, G. (2020). A Knowledge Development Perspective on Literature Reviews - Validation of a new Typology in the IS Field. Communications of the Association for Information Systems 46, 134–186. https://doi.org/10.17705/1CAIS.04607

Citation: BibTeX

@article{SchryenWagnerBenlianEtAl2020,
  doi        = {10.17705/1CAIS.04607},
  author     = {Schryen, Guido and Wagner, Gerit and Benlian, Alexander and Paré, Guy},
  journal    = {Communications of the Association for Information Systems},
  title      = {A Knowledge Development Perspective on Literature Reviews - Validation of a new Typology in the IS Field},
  year       = {2020},
  volume     = {46},
  pages      = {134--186},
  url        = {https://aisel.aisnet.org/cais/vol46/iss1/7},
  abstract   = {Literature reviews (LRs) play an important role in developing domain knowledge in all fields. Yet, we observe insufficient insights into the activities with which LRs actually develop knowledge. To address this important gap, we 1) derive knowledge-building activities from the extant literature on LRs, 2) suggest a knowledge-based LR typology that complements existing typologies, and 3) apply the typology in an empirical study that explores how LRs with different goals and methodologies have contributed to knowledge development. In analyzing 240 LRs published in 40 renowned information systems (IS) journals between 2000 and 2014, we draw a detailed picture of knowledge development that one of the most important genres in the IS field has achieved. With this work, we help to unify extant LR conceptualizations by clarifying and illustrating how they apply different methodologies in a range of knowledge-building activities to achieve their goals with respect to theory.}
}

Citation: RIS

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AU  - Schryen, Guido
AU  - Wagner, Gerit
AU  - Benlian, Alexander
AU  - Paré, Guy
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