Introduction

There are some important points inside the article that caught our attention, for example,
that the literature review and conceptual and theoretical frameworks each can be a type of
manuscript.

Often new scholars believe that a study's or problem statement's context is sufficient, or that
poor links to the principles supporting a study's purpose are all that is required to link the
purpose to the literature. Unfortunately, a paper will drift if it lacks a literature review or a
context in which the past and big ideas of a region are explored. All empirical studies,
whether qualitative, quantitative, or mixed methods, must be linked to literature or
principles that support the study's need, be relevant to the study's objective statement, and
place the study in context with previous research.

The aim of this essay is to explore the terms and functions of the literature review,
theoretical framework, and conceptual framework as components of a manuscript and as
types of manuscripts, as well as the differences between them. The first point to address is
the fact that these words are often used interchangeably. In a manuscript detailing the
findings of an empirical study, the literature review, theoretical context, and conceptual
framework all have similar purposes.

The third section explains the differences between a literature review, a theoretical
framework, and a conceptual framework as part of an analytical manuscript, as well as the
three forms of manuscripts.

Distinctions:

In this section, distinctions are made among the literature review, theoretical framework,
and conceptual framework.

Literature review: the literature following the purpose is used to build a foundation for the
important ideas in the problem statement and purpose.

Theoretical framework: makes distinctions between literature used for qualitative studies
and quantitative studies. In quantitative methods, presentation of a theoretical framework is
crucial to the study, which will have been designed to test the theory.

conceptual framework: A conceptual framework grounds the study in the relevant

knowledge bases that lay the foundation for the importance of the problem statement and
research questions.

Literature Review:

An integrative literature review is “a form of research that reviews, critiques, and

synthesizes representative literature on a topic in an integrated way such that new
frameworks and perspectives on the topic are generated. This integrated literature review is
a way that new frameworks and perspectives on the topic are generated.

Theoretical framework:

As a type of a manuscript, a theoretical framework incorporates theories that already exist,

related concepts and empirical research, in order to develop a foundation for new theory
development.

Conceptual Framework:

A conceptual framework relates concepts, empirical research, and important theories to

advance and systematize knowledge about related concepts or issues.

Functions:

The literature review and conceptual and theoretical frameworks have five functions where
they’re related:

 To build a foundation
 To demonstrate how a study advances knowledge
 To conceptualize the study
 To assess research design and instrumentation
 To provide a reference point for interpretation of findings

In the same way these 5 functions that the literature review, conceptual and theoretical
frameworks share are not completely necessary fulfilled by the review or framework in
each manuscript, but often they are.