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_id: '5618'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: Literature reviews play an important role in the development of knowledge.
    Yet, we observe a lack of theoretical underpinning of and epistemological insights
    into how literature reviews can contribute to knowledge creation and have actually
    contributed in the IS discipline. To address these theoretical and empirical research
    gaps, we suggest a novel epistemological model of literature reviews. This model
    allows us to align different contributions of literature reviews with their underlying
    knowledge conversions - thereby building a bridge between the previously largely
    unconnected fields of literature reviews and epistemology. We evaluate the appropriateness
    of the model by conducting an empirical analysis of 173 IS literature reviews
    which were published in 39 pertinent IS journals between 2000 and 2014. Based
    on this analysis, we derive an epistemological taxonomy of IS literature reviews,
    which complements previously suggested typologies.
author:
- first_name: Guido
  full_name: Schryen, Guido
  id: '72850'
  last_name: Schryen
- first_name: Gerit
  full_name: Wagner, Gerit
  last_name: Wagner
- first_name: Alexander
  full_name: Benlian, Alexander
  last_name: Benlian
citation:
  ama: 'Schryen G, Wagner G, Benlian A. Theory of Knowledge for Literature Reviews:
    An Epistemological Model, Taxonomy and Empirical Analysis of IS Literature. In:
    <i>International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS)</i>. ; 2015.'
  apa: 'Schryen, G., Wagner, G., &#38; Benlian, A. (2015). Theory of Knowledge for
    Literature Reviews: An Epistemological Model, Taxonomy and Empirical Analysis
    of IS Literature. In <i>International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS)</i>.'
  bibtex: '@inproceedings{Schryen_Wagner_Benlian_2015, title={Theory of Knowledge
    for Literature Reviews: An Epistemological Model, Taxonomy and Empirical Analysis
    of IS Literature}, booktitle={International Conference on Information Systems
    (ICIS)}, author={Schryen, Guido and Wagner, Gerit and Benlian, Alexander}, year={2015}
    }'
  chicago: 'Schryen, Guido, Gerit Wagner, and Alexander Benlian. “Theory of Knowledge
    for Literature Reviews: An Epistemological Model, Taxonomy and Empirical Analysis
    of IS Literature.” In <i>International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS)</i>,
    2015.'
  ieee: 'G. Schryen, G. Wagner, and A. Benlian, “Theory of Knowledge for Literature
    Reviews: An Epistemological Model, Taxonomy and Empirical Analysis of IS Literature,”
    in <i>International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS)</i>, 2015.'
  mla: 'Schryen, Guido, et al. “Theory of Knowledge for Literature Reviews: An Epistemological
    Model, Taxonomy and Empirical Analysis of IS Literature.” <i>International Conference
    on Information Systems (ICIS)</i>, 2015.'
  short: 'G. Schryen, G. Wagner, A. Benlian, in: International Conference on Information
    Systems (ICIS), 2015.'
date_created: 2018-11-14T14:01:13Z
date_updated: 2022-01-06T07:02:10Z
ddc:
- '000'
department:
- _id: '277'
extern: '1'
file:
- access_level: open_access
  content_type: application/pdf
  creator: hsiemes
  date_created: 2018-12-07T11:44:48Z
  date_updated: 2018-12-13T15:09:22Z
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  file_name: ICIS PROCEEDINGS PAPER - Literature Reviews.pdf
  file_size: 487102
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file_date_updated: 2018-12-13T15:09:22Z
has_accepted_license: '1'
keyword:
- Literature review
- Research methods/methodology
- Theory of knowledge
language:
- iso: eng
oa: '1'
publication: International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS)
status: public
title: 'Theory of Knowledge for Literature Reviews: An Epistemological Model, Taxonomy
  and Empirical Analysis of IS Literature'
type: conference
user_id: '61579'
year: '2015'
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