Examen de la recherche en tant qu'enquête scientifique

Un article co-écrit par Sven Kunisch, David Denyer, Jean Bartunek, Markus Menz (professeur à la GSEM), et Laura Cardinal, s’intéresse aux publications synthétisant et rassemblant les résultats des travaux d’autres chercheurs et chercheuses en tant que forme distincte et crédible de recherche scientifique. Cette étude souligne l'importance d'aligner l'objectif et les méthodes de la revue et fournit les critères permettant d'évaluer la rigueur et l'impact de ce type de recherche. Elle est publiée dans la revue Organizational Research Methods.

ABSTRACT

This article and the related Feature Topic at Organizational Research Methods were motivated by the concern that despite the bourgeoning number and diversity of review articles, there was a lack of guidance on how to produce rigorous and impactful literature reviews. In this article, we introduce review research as a class of research inquiries that uses prior research as data sources to develop knowledge contributions for academia, practice and policy. We first trace the evolution of review research both outside of and within management including the articles published in this Feature Topic, and provide a holistic definition of review research. Then, we argue that in the plurality of forms of review research, the alignment of purpose and methods is crucial for high-quality review research. To accomplish this, we discuss several review purposes and criteria for assessing review research's rigor and impact, and discuss how these and the review methods need to be aligned with its purpose. Our paper provides guidance for conducting or evaluating review research and helps establish review research as a credible and legitimate scientific endeavor.

L’étude est disponible en libre accès : Review Research as Scientific Inquiry

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