TY - JOUR
T1 - Theoretical Literature Review
T2 - Tracing the Life Cycle of a Theory and Its Verified and Falsified Statements
AU - Turner, John R.
AU - Baker, Rose
AU - Kellner, Frank
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018, © The Author(s) 2018.
PY - 2018/3/1
Y1 - 2018/3/1
N2 - The Academy of Human Resource Development (AHRD) has proven to be a source of knowledge providing research in the forms of theory development, literature reviews, educational and descriptive analyses, critical analyses, and empirical research studies. Given this vast body of knowledge, there has not been a call for researchers to provide a literature review format for tracing the life cycles of individual theories, differentiating between formal and informal theories within human resource development’s (HRD) body of knowledge. The current article proposes a format for conducting a theoretical literature review, using path-goal leadership theory and the learning organization as two examples to showcase the benefits of using a theoretical literature review. Incorporating theoretical literature reviews to some of the AHRD’s journals could help in identifying and mapping the field’s formal and informal theories while aiding in providing additional historical reviews for the discipline.
AB - The Academy of Human Resource Development (AHRD) has proven to be a source of knowledge providing research in the forms of theory development, literature reviews, educational and descriptive analyses, critical analyses, and empirical research studies. Given this vast body of knowledge, there has not been a call for researchers to provide a literature review format for tracing the life cycles of individual theories, differentiating between formal and informal theories within human resource development’s (HRD) body of knowledge. The current article proposes a format for conducting a theoretical literature review, using path-goal leadership theory and the learning organization as two examples to showcase the benefits of using a theoretical literature review. Incorporating theoretical literature reviews to some of the AHRD’s journals could help in identifying and mapping the field’s formal and informal theories while aiding in providing additional historical reviews for the discipline.
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U2 - 10.1177/1534484317749680
DO - 10.1177/1534484317749680
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85041536810
SN - 1534-4843
VL - 17
SP - 34
EP - 61
JO - Human Resource Development Review
JF - Human Resource Development Review
IS - 1
ER -