mm bagali...... mba...... research......management......hrm......hrd........

1. Research Fellowship Conclusions Fellowship Summary
research talk 101[Writing Effective Literature
Review in Social Science]

2. JAIN University
professor of strategic HRM,
head- research in management,
brand ambassador, Asian HR Board, India
mm.bagali@jainuniversity.ac.in
www.linkedin.com/in/mmbagali
mm bagali, phd
CMS Business School / Bangalore

3. Observation for 10 years
Preparation 2 years in
advance
1995 First PhD
2008 Second PhD
Guided 6
Guiding 11
Managing around 90
Co-Guide 15
CMS Business School / Bangalore
Idea
Idea
Idea
Reviewing
Personal research
map….

5. My experience with scholars !!!
No Time
Dint know what to do
Just took a topic / subject
Later will see
Went to library. But……
Dint find the journal
and et al……

6. Motivation:
Why should I do research?

7. Motivation:
Why should I do research?
• Internal drive
o Research interest (sense of achievement / fulfillment, curiosity)
o Strong ambition (self-expectation)
o Rejuvenated
• External drive
o Degree and diploma
o Parents, teachers, friends
o Peer pressure (sense of honor and responsibility)
o Small success
o I have PhD…. Security

8. Mindset of researcher..
Discover….. Create…..Explore
Knowledge creation
New direction
New approach
Others start thinking

10. Challenges !!!
• How do I start
• Where Do I start from
• What do I do ….
• Why I should with this stuff
?

11. 3 category of Writing !!!

12. Craft a Researchable Story/ picture that captures
BOTH ….. HEART and MIND
What general area or topic do you want to focus on? Why?
What specific review question will you address?
Is it specific enough?
Where is this question from?
Why is it important or interesting?
Who is the review for? Practitioners? Researchers? Both?
What type of literature review do you want to do?
What do we already know about the topic?
What do you have to say critically about what is already known?
Has anyone else ever done anything exactly the same as what is proposed?
Has anyone else done anything that is related?
Where does your work fi t in with what has gone before?
Why is your research worth doing in the light of what has already been done?

13. Journals??.... Impact, Citations, References,
Frequency with which the Journal Article is/ are cited in other Peer reviewed Jl
Based on Six- Seven year period
The composition of Editorial Board
Indicates the importance of that jl to Research world/ researchers
Categorizing the jl under quality areas
Limitations …
New and Old
Availability and Non availability
Concept papers not cited much

14. What's in it to for me !!!
GAP
Critical views
Direction
Interpretations
Framework
Themes
Key Words

15. Focus…..
What are the key theories, concepts and
ideas?
What are the main questions and
problems that have been addressed to
date?
What are the major issues and debates
about the topic?
How has knowledge in the topic been
structured and organized? How have approaches to these questions
increased our understanding and
knowledge?
What are the origins and definitions of the
topic?
What are the key sources?
What's your direction !!!
Critical Evaluation…… 3D- Length / Breath / Depth

16. Leads to …..
Theory Building
Theoretical Framing
Foundation
Framework
Design….. Add/ Don’t add/ Cant add…..
Be clear about the scope/boundaries of the review
Formulate clear review questions
Make extensive efforts to find ALL the relevant
literature

17. CIMO - context, intervention, mechanism,
outcome
What general area or topic do you want to focus on?
Why?
What specific review question will you address? Is it
specific enough?
Where is this question from? Why is it important or
interesting?
Who is the review for? Practitioners? Researchers?
Both?
What type of literature review do you want to do?
Create a database
Key words
Library sources
Range of Data base
Range of Sources
Periodicals
Trends over the years

18. Most Sort after Journals….
The Best
AOM….. Academy of Management
AOM….. Academy of Management review
Administrative Science Quarterly
Strategic Management Journal
Jl of International Business Studies
Organizational Science

19. Key journals
india
Vikalpa
Management review
Manager
MLS
EPW
TISS

22. Your narrative flow
• Here is a problem
• It’s an interesting problem
• It’s an unsolved problem
• Here is my idea
• My idea works (details, data)
• Here’s how my idea compares to other people’s
approaches
• Howwwww ????

23. Your narrative flow
Here’s how my idea compares to other people’s
approaches
Step 1….Failure to place the study in the broader context
Step 2 …. Old or out-dated
Step 3….. Literature not relevant to the study
Step 4 …. Too short or too long study
Step 5 …. The literature argues against itself

24. Sources…..
Conference papers
Books / Theses, dissertations and research in progress
Working papers or unpublished papers
Documents on the internet / Government publications, official statistics
Personal requests to knowledgeable researchers and/or practitioners
Reports from relevant institutions: companies, public bodies
Journals
Theses
Government publications and official statistics
Reference works, general guides to the literature and guides to the
literature in particular subject areas (compendium catalogues)
Web sites
Plagiarism
Copyright
Censored material

25. tell how this research work make
LIFE BETTER

26. 19
The Key Ingredients of
Research: Contribution
• One major contribution is better than many small
ones
• Which journal
• The years to refer
• What is the contribution type?
o Knowledge discovery, invention,
integration, application
• Identify, describe, and demonstrate the big idea
• Asking the right problem, then asking the problem
right

27. The skeleton
• What was the research question?
• What theoretical approach underpins each paper?
• What methodology was adopted for the collection of data?
• How were the data analyzed?
• What was the nature and the size of the sample?
• What were the key findings?
• How many times has the article been cited?

28. Use simple language
FREE OF
JARGONS

29. some observation
Clear sentence / clarity
Straight to point
Repetitions
Logic flow
Complex language
Dense sentence
Too many jargon
Hanging at a point
Connectivity / thread

30. How to Get Published in Internationally Refereed
Business Journals
How to Get Published in Internationally Refereed
Business Journals

31. Formulating a Publication Strategy
Understanding the Publication Process
Structuring a Research Article/ Paper
Significance on Abstract and Introduction section
Adequate Literature Search
Choice of an Appropriate Methodology
Presenting results
Reference presentation and style of presenting
The Right form of Tables, graphs, Figure, Diagrams
The Length and Style of Presenting (formatting the
paper)

32. Innovative content
New research questions
Looking at an old problem in new way
The hotness of the topic
Should have practical value
Avoid too technical terms
Novel approach / novel answers
Break through contribution
New set of variables, not considered in earlier study
How it helps manage the problem differently
Introduce a novel perspective to an existing problem

33. Journals??.... Impact, Citations, References,
Frequency with which the Journal Article is/ are cited in other Peer reviewed Jl
Cited after your paper publication (within 2 years)
Based on Three year period
The composition of Editorial Board
Periodicity
Indicates the importance of that jl to Research world/ researchers
Categorizing the jl under quality areas
Limitations …
New and Old
Availability and Non availability
Concept papers not cited much

35. Thank you