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Writing a literature review Presented by Nattawoot Koowattanatianchai 1 http://www.bus.ku.ac.th References Cotterall, S. (2001). Writing a literature review. Postgraduate seminar 2001 . Student Learning Support Services and PGSA:


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Writing a literature review

Presented by Nattawoot Koowattanatianchai

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References

  • Cotterall, S. (2001). Writing a literature review. Postgraduate

seminar 2001. Student Learning Support Services and PGSA: Victoria University.

  • Hamilton, A. (1990). Writing dissertations. London: RIBA

Publications Ltd.

  • Madsen, D. (1992). Successful dissertations and theses. San

Francisco: Jossey-Bass

  • Rountree, K. and Laing, P. (1996). Writing by degrees: A guide to

writing theses and research papers. NZ: Addison Wesley Longman

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Backdrop article

Title Incentivising investment through accelerated depreciation: wartime use, economic stimulus and encouraging green technologies. (A forthcoming article in Accounting History) Authors Nattawoot Koowattanatianchai Kasetsart Business School, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand Email: fbusnwk@ku.ac.th Tel: +66-87-539-3525; Fax: +66-2-579-0946 Michael B. Charles* and Ian Eddie School ofBusiness & Tourism, Southern Cross University, Bilinga, Australia Email: michael.charles@scu.edu.au and ian.eddie@scu.edu.au *Corresponding author

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Finding articles in the literature

  • Start with google and google scholar.
  • Important resources are:
  • Our library database at
  • http://lib.ku.ac.th/web/index.php/th#databases
  • ISI Web of Science database at
  • http://www.webofknowledge.com
  • Scopus database at
  • https://www.scopus.com/home.uri
  • Business Source Complete database at
  • http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&gr
  • up=main&profile=ehost&defaultdb=bth

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Finding articles in the literature

  • Widening or narrowing your search based on what you are getting.
  • Try thinking of different key words if you are not getting any

results.

  • After finding a really relevant article, you can look forward and

back from that article.

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Looking back and forward

Looking back

  • Read the literature review section of the article. See what/who is

referenced and look at some of their articles.

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Looking forward

  • There are citation indexes that record those who have cited an article.

You should read their work to expand your article collection. Use these databases to find citations:

  • Google scholar
  • ISI
  • Scopus
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Making sense of it all

  • Once the literature search is complete, locate 6-8 recent and relevant
  • articles. Read them very carefully and try making sense of them.
  • I suggest
  • Pay particular attention to the introduction and conclusion

sections.

  • The literature review in all academic articles will already have

sorted different groups of articles for you. Extract your ideas and structure your story using mind maps or other techniques.

  • Discuss what you have found with your peers.
  • This is an iterative process.
  • Moe than likely, you need to go back and forward between

searching, researching, and ordering

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Writing it up

  • Your literature review needs to make readers clearly understand your
  • ideas. Your literature review should be a “car service manual” rather

than a “mystery novel”. To achieve this, you should:

  • Structure your essay well;
  • Use plain language and avoid too many scientific terms;
  • Make sure that your colleagues understand your essay. Don’t need

to think too much about general readers, although they should be able to get the general theme of your essay; and

  • Reference correctly.

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Benefits of the literature review to the researcher

  • It identifies the tentative research problem in the context of relevant

fields.

  • It gathers information on the topic of interest.
  • It identifies gaps in the knowledge.
  • It refines the research.
  • It suggests appropriate methods and designs for the research.
  • It suggests ways of avoiding difficulties and deficiencies in conducting

the research.

  • It helps interpreting the results later.

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A successful literature review should:

  • Present a concise summary of relevant research;
  • Outline how your research will contribute to existing knowledge;
  • Make a commentary on the relevant literature;
  • Explain your plan on expanding existing knowledge;
  • Discuss the similarities and differences between your work and the

work of others; and

  • Locate your research problem within a theoretical framework and

review the underlying theory.

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Managing the reading

  • Begin with the most recent, qualified and relevant literature to your

topic;

  • Read with purpose - only read those that could contribute to your

thesis;

  • Order the priority of the articles to read;
  • Note taking important ideas; and
  • Don’t be lazy - maintain the discipline of reading and taking notes rather

than photocopying to read later.

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Managing huge information

  • Structure your article files and references;
  • Keep careful records of source ideas, papers, quotes, etc.; and
  • Use bibliographical software, e.g. Endnote, to help keeping records.

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Managing the writing

  • Read literature reviews related to your research topic - ask your

supervisors to recommend good ones;

  • Outline your ideas - themes, questions, propositions, logical steps in an

argument;

  • Draw a diagram or mind map the relationship between ideas;
  • Write summaries of individual sections before you start might help;
  • Be disciplined and write regularly;
  • Discuss, share, and clarify your ideas with your colleagues before,

during, and after writing the ideas down; and

  • Get regular feedback on what you write - from a naïve reader, from a

peer in the same subject, and from your supervisor.

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Writing it up

  • Start from tertiary sources (textbooks), to secondary sources (reviews of

research), and finally to primary research (journal articles documenting

  • riginal research) - i.e., work from general to specific;
  • Organise the literature around findings, ideas, or themes rather than

studies or authors;

  • Present a logical argument in the literature review and then lead the

readers to your research question or problem;

  • Describe, summarise, clarify, evaluate & critique, and synthesise &

integrate – focus on evaluating/critiquing and synthesizing/integrating; and

  • Always present evidence to support your points.

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Questions

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