Writing a literature review怎样写文献综述英文版.ppt

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1、WritingaliteraturereviewMarianMayFacultyofBusinessPurposesofaliteraturereviewToshowthatyouhavereadwidelyfrom(all?)theresearchinthefieldToacknowledgetheworkofothersTojustifyyourchoiceofresearchtopicToidentifyagapintheresearchsothatyoudonotduplicatetheworkofothersTosummarise,organis

2、e,compare,contrastandevaluate(i.e.REVIEW)theideasofotherssothatyouhaveanaccurategraspofwhatresearchhasbeendoneTosupportyourargumentExamplesofliteraturereviewsIntroductionofClatworthyandJones(2003)LiteraturereviewsectioninClatworthyandJones(2003)1.ClatworthyandJones’IntroductionNot

3、ethefirstsentence:“Accountingnarrativesrepresentanincreasinglyimportantfinancialreportingmedium.”Notethefocusonliterature/research/studiesNotethewaytheliteratureisusedtosupporttheirassertionsNotethestatementofaimandpurposeNotethewaytheydefinefocuson“impressionmanagement”Notethedef

4、iningofscopeNotetheoutlineofthepaperFocusontheliterature(1)Manymoresentencescontainwordsthatrelatetoresearch,studies,scholarlywriting:Forexampleonp.171:“Empiricalresearchhasdemonstrated…”“Theimportance…iswelldocumented…”“StudiesinAustraliaandNewZealand…allshowthat…”“Studiesoftheus

5、eofinformation…alsoshowthat…”“Moreover,inanempiricalstudy…,AbrahamsonandAmir(1996)determine…”Authorsusedasexamples:“(e.g.,LeeandTweedie,1981)”Focusontheliterature(2)Notethefollowingstrongliteraturefocus(weakauthorfocus):“EmpiricalresearchintheUShasdemonstratedthatboththeinclusiona

6、ndthecontentofpresident’sletterssignificantlyaffectthejudgmentsofindividualsinequityinvestmentdecisions(Kaplanetal.1990).”(NB.Here,thesentencebeginswiththeresearch.Theauthorsarenotinthesentence.)…comparedwithfocusonauthor(s)Notethefollowingstrongauthorfocus:“Kaplanetal.(1990)haved

7、emonstratedthatboththeinclusionandthecontentofpresident’sletterssignificantlyaffectthejudgmentsofindividualsinequityinvestmentdecisions.”(NB.Here,theauthorsbeginthesentence.)…andnospecificfocusonauthororliterature“Boththeinclusionandthecontentofpresident’sletterssignificantlyaffec

8、tthejudgmentsofindividualsinequit