BUS930 II Review

Overview

Chapter 2

Literature Review

1. Introduction which describes

The content of the review

How the review is organized

Strategy used for searching the literature

2. Review of related literature is clearly related to the problem

statement

3. Review of literature contains

Comparisons and contrasts of different points of views

Relationship of the proposed study to the past research

4. 5. 6. 7. Review of the literature contains concise descriptions of past

research which:

Summarizes the methodological approach taken

Describes the demographics of the participants

Describes the variables investigated

Describes the theoretical foundation

Summarizes the results

Substantiates the rationale or conceptual framework for the current

study

Discusses implications for current study

The literature provides a description of the

Research variables of interest in the current proposed study

Demonstrates the relationship between of interest in the current

proposed study

Content of review drawn from acceptable peer-reviewed journals or

sound academic journals.

Web-based sources must be used sparingly.

Wikipedia is not considered a scholarly source

Federal documents and other reports can be used sparingly, but must

not serve as the crux of the literature base

Literate related to proposed methods of the research is reviewed.

Must review literature that has used methodology proposed in the

current study

If using surveys, must report previous research which has used the

surveys proposed for use in the current study.

Literature is related to the use of differing methodologies used to

address the outcomes of interest

Present multiple (minimum three where possible) methodologies used

to address the variables of interest in this study

Discuss how each methodology bears relationship to proposed study

Review is organized around major ideas or themes

10. Review ends with a summary of major points and provides a