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_id: '11946'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: "Literature reviews (LRs) play an important role in the development of domain
    knowledge in all fields. Yet, we observe a\r\nlack of insights into the activities
    with which LRs actually develop knowledge. To address this important gap, we (1)\r\nderive
    knowledge building activities from the extant literature on LRs, (2) suggest a
    knowledge-based typology of LRs\r\nthat complements existing typologies, and (3)
    apply the suggested typology in an empirical study that explores how LRs\r\nwith
    different goals and methodologies have contributed to knowledge development. The
    analysis of 240 LRs published\r\nin 40 renowned IS journals between 2000 and 2014
    allows us to draw a detailed picture of knowledge development\r\nachieved by one
    of the most important genres in the IS field. An overarching contribution of our
    work is to unify extant\r\nconceptualizations of LRs by clarifying and illustrating
    how LRs apply different methodologies in a range of knowledge\r\nbuilding activities
    to achieve their goals with respect to theory."
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
- first_name: Guy
  full_name: Paré, Guy
  last_name: Paré
citation:
  ama: 'Schryen G, Wagner G, Benlian A, Paré G. A Knowledge Development Perspective
    on Literature Reviews: Validation of a New Typology in the IS Field. <i>Communications
    of the AIS</i>. 2020;46:134-186. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.17705/1CAIS.04607">10.17705/1CAIS.04607</a>'
  apa: 'Schryen, G., Wagner, G., Benlian, A., &#38; Paré, G. (2020). A Knowledge Development
    Perspective on Literature Reviews: Validation of a New Typology in the IS Field.
    <i>Communications of the AIS</i>, <i>46</i>, 134–186. <a href="https://doi.org/10.17705/1CAIS.04607">https://doi.org/10.17705/1CAIS.04607</a>'
  bibtex: '@article{Schryen_Wagner_Benlian_Paré_2020, title={A Knowledge Development
    Perspective on Literature Reviews: Validation of a New Typology in the IS Field},
    volume={46}, DOI={<a href="https://doi.org/10.17705/1CAIS.04607">10.17705/1CAIS.04607</a>},
    journal={Communications of the AIS}, author={Schryen, Guido and Wagner, Gerit
    and Benlian, Alexander and Paré, Guy}, year={2020}, pages={134–186} }'
  chicago: 'Schryen, Guido, Gerit Wagner, Alexander Benlian, and Guy Paré. “A Knowledge
    Development Perspective on Literature Reviews: Validation of a New Typology in
    the IS Field.” <i>Communications of the AIS</i> 46 (2020): 134–86. <a href="https://doi.org/10.17705/1CAIS.04607">https://doi.org/10.17705/1CAIS.04607</a>.'
  ieee: 'G. Schryen, G. Wagner, A. Benlian, and G. Paré, “A Knowledge Development
    Perspective on Literature Reviews: Validation of a New Typology in the IS Field,”
    <i>Communications of the AIS</i>, vol. 46, pp. 134–186, 2020, doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.17705/1CAIS.04607">10.17705/1CAIS.04607</a>.'
  mla: 'Schryen, Guido, et al. “A Knowledge Development Perspective on Literature
    Reviews: Validation of a New Typology in the IS Field.” <i>Communications of the
    AIS</i>, vol. 46, 2020, pp. 134–86, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.17705/1CAIS.04607">10.17705/1CAIS.04607</a>.'
  short: G. Schryen, G. Wagner, A. Benlian, G. Paré, Communications of the AIS 46
    (2020) 134–186.
date_created: 2019-07-12T12:01:02Z
date_updated: 2022-06-10T06:38:58Z
ddc:
- '000'
department:
- _id: '277'
doi: 10.17705/1CAIS.04607
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intvolume: '        46'
keyword:
- Literature review
- knowledge development
- knowledge building activities
- knowledge-based typology
- information systems research
language:
- iso: eng
oa: '1'
page: 134-186
publication: Communications of the AIS
publication_identifier:
  issn:
  - ' 1529-3181'
status: public
title: 'A Knowledge Development Perspective on Literature Reviews: Validation of a
  New Typology in the IS Field'
type: journal_article
user_id: '72850'
volume: 46
year: '2020'
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