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Theorizing Through Literature Reviews: The Miner-Prospector Continuum

Organizational research methods, 2023-01, Vol.26 (1), p.139-167 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

The Author(s) 2020 ;ISSN: 1094-4281 ;EISSN: 1552-7425 ;DOI: 10.1177/1094428120943288

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  • Title:
    Theorizing Through Literature Reviews: The Miner-Prospector Continuum
  • Author: Breslin, Dermot ; Gatrell, Caroline
  • Is Part Of: Organizational research methods, 2023-01, Vol.26 (1), p.139-167
  • Description: While literature reviews play an increasingly important role in theory development, understanding how they contribute to the process of theorizing is lacking. This article develops the metaphor of a miner-prospector continuum, which allows review scholars to identify approaches taken in literature reviews to develop theory. We identify eight strategies located on a continuum ranging from miners—who position their contributions within a bounded and established domain of study alongside other researchers—to prospectors, who are more likely to step outside disciplinary boundaries, introducing novel perspectives and venture beyond knowledge silos. We explore the pathways between miner and prospector in terms of strategies followed, choices made, risks borne, and benefits gained. We identify the roles to be played by different stakeholders in balancing the mix between miners and prospectors. While respecting the need for both miner and prospector approaches, we suggest that collective efforts toward encouraging prospector reviews could assist management research in tackling, through reviews, the complex challenges facing organizations and society today.
  • Publisher: Los Angeles, CA: SAGE Publications
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 1094-4281
    EISSN: 1552-7425
    DOI: 10.1177/1094428120943288
  • Source: SAGE Open Access Journals
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