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Chapter 4 (Review of Literature)
Chapter 4 (Review of Literature)
Chapter Four
Review of Literature
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Learning Objectives
By the end of this chapter, you will be able
to:
be aware of the importance and purpose of
literature review;
outline the range of primary, secondary and
tertiary literature sources available;
describe benefits of literature review
elaborate steps to be followed in literature review
reference and cite the literature accurately with
the use of EndNote application
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4.1. What is a Literature Review?
It is a written summary of journal articles, books and other
documents (both published and unpublished) that describes
the past and current state of information, organizes the
literature into topics and documents a need for a proposed
study.
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4.3. Characteristics of a good literature review
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Lack of start-up H2
capital Unemployment
High Interest
rates H3
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Conceptual Framework: Hierarchical relationships
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Conceptual Framework: Force-Field Diagram
or Pairs of opposites
• Force-Field Diagram conceptual frameworks show the duality
between concepts. They demonstrate the competing forces
which can bring about a change in social phenomena.
Low awareness of
Stakeholder pressure environment
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Overall objectives of theories and
framework
• To make scientific findings meaningful
and generalizeable.
• To summarize existing knowledge into
coherent systems and stimulate new
research by providing both direction and
impetus.
• All theories and frameworks are
considered tentative.
4.10. Techniques of Taking Note
1) Paraphrasing:
Refers to “restating or rewording a passage from a text,
giving the same meaning in another form"
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Techniques for paraphrasing
Technique Examples of the technique Examples in a sentence
Changing the Change studies to research Change - Sleep scientists have found
word Change society to that traditional remedies for insomnia,
civilization. such as counting sheep, are ineffective
to: Sleep researchers have found that
established cures for insomnia, for
instance counting sheep, do not work.
Changing the Change Egypt (noun) to Change A third group was given no
word class Egyptian (adjective) special instructions about going to
Change Mountainous sleep to A third group was not
regions(adjective + noun) to specially instructed about going to
in the mountains (noun) sleep
Changing the Change Ancient Egypt Change There are many practical
word collapsed to the collapse of applications to research into insomnia
Order/sentence Egyptian society began to Research into insomnia has
pattern many practical applications.
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Techniques of Taking Note Cont’d
3. Direct Quote:
If you use the exact words of an author, you need to include them in
the quotation marks (“ ”)
During Quotation
During Quotation:
A short quotation (<= four lines) is placed within the
text. Quotation marks (“ ”) are used around the quote.
The quote is cited.
Example:
Helmsing (2001:4) explains that “decentralization has
ceased to be a local government affair and has turned
into a local governance issue”.
During Quotation
If a quotation is fifty words or more or is longer than
four lines of text, it should be block-indented and
single-spaced.
Do not use quotation marks at the beginning or the end of
the block quotation.
• Exception: Quotation within a quotation
The block quote should be separated from text by a double
space, above and below the block quotation.
Referencing Styles:
• Three of the most common styles are:
• the Harvard system,
• the American Psychological Association( APA) system and
• the Vancouver or footnotes system.
Referencing/ Systems of Referencing-Cont’d
Referencing Styles: Using the Harvard system to reference in the text:
More than two authors (Surname et al. date) (Slack et al. 1996)
Slack et al. (1996)
Work by different authors (Surname date; Surname date) in (Baker 1996; Lewis 1998;
generally alphabetical order Thornhill 1997)
Different authors with the (Surname, Initial date) (Smith, J 1998)
same surname
Different Publications by (Surname date; date) in ascending date (Lewis 1991;1998)
the same author order, chronologically
Different works by the (Surname date letter): make sure the letter (Forster 2009 a)
same author from the is consistent throughout
same year
Referencing/ Systems of Referencing-Cont’d
Using the Harvard system to reference in the text-Cont’d
To refer to Use the general format For example
An author referred to by (surname date; cited by surname date) (Granovetter 1974; cited by
another author where the Saunders 1993)
original has not been read
(Secondary reference)
A corporate author (Corporate name date) (ABC Plc 1990)
A News paper article with (News paper name date) (The Herald 2009)
no obvious author
Another type of publication (Publication title date) (Unemployment trend 2008)
with no obvious author
An Internet site (Site title date) (Advertising Association
1998)
A publication for which the Surname or Corporate name nd, where ‘nd’ (Woollons nd)
year of publication cannot means no date
be identified
A direct quotation Surname or Corporate name date, P. ‘ Good Governance
number) where ‘P.’ means page in the significantly contributes for
original publication on which the quotation country’s economic
appears development’ (Thomas
2000, P. 50).
Referencing/ Systems of Referencing- Some general rules/points Cont’d
Reference list:
a reference list is arranged alphabetically by author. If an item has no author, it is
cited by title, & included in the alphabetical list using the first significant word of the
title.
If there is more than one work by the same author, these are listed
chronologically, starting with the earliest publication
Remember to include a, b, c etc. immediately after the date when you are
referencing different publications by the same author from the same year
( ensure that there are consistent with the letters used for the references in
the main text.
The title of the book or journal appears in italics, or underlined,
If the source is an article or paper within a volume or journal, the title of
the article/paper is given by inverted commas.
References should not be numbered but each reference appears on a new
line
Each item in the reference list is required to have a hanging indentation
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4.12. Structure of Literature Review
and
Literature demonstrates that the key factors which contribute to unemployment in Africa have
tended to change over time. In the late 1990’s researchers argued that inflation and low wages
contributed to unemployment (Uche, 2000; Benson, 2003). For example a study by Uche
(2000) on unemployment in the banking industry in Nigeria highlighted that inflation affected
the turnover of banks which had also an effect in salary payments. Over 2000 bank employees
lost their jobs by the end of 1999.
On the other hand, by 2004, researchers discussed that lack of capital for start-up initiatives
and high interest rates on loans stalled entrepreneurial ventures and contributed to
unemployment or the lack of job opportunities (Thakur, 2005). A comparative study (Kinson
2006) on the SME industry in Ghana and Uganda shared similar findings on the effects of start-
up capital and interest loans on entrepreneurship and unemployment. In a recent study on
unemployment in Egypt, Salia (2011) found political instability, poor governance and lack of
foreign direct investment to be the critical factors influencing unemployment. Other studies in
Cote d’Ivoire and Sierra Leone attests to these findings (Johnson, 2009; Pern, 2010).
• Structure of Unemployment
o What is unemployment
o Causes of unemployment
• Structure of poverty
o Education, employment, income and poverty
• The Link between poverty and unemployment
• Mitigating poverty in the unemployed
o Policies for unemployed
o Social/relational support
o Capacity development
Structuring the literature review-Cont’d
• Thematically: take particular themes in the literature, for
example in the literature review of mobiles and micro-trading :
Impact of mobiles on micro-trading
• What is trading: Trading is about Information
– Transaction Costs Theory
• Stages of trading
• Benefits of mobiles/technology in commerce/trade
– Strategic
– Relational
– Operational
• Impact of mobiles
– Incremental Effects
– Transformational Effects
– Production Effects
Structuring the literature review-Cont’d
Concluding the Literature Review:
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Group Assignment
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4.14. Ethics in Research
• Most professions have an overall code of conduct that also governs the way
research is carried out.
• The stakeholders involved in a research activity are:
• The research participants or subjects
• The researcher
• The funding body or the University
• Each category may have different interests, perspectives and aims. It is
important to ensure that the research is not affected by the self- interest of
any stakeholder and is not carried out in a way that harms any party.
• Subsequent permission from particular authorities to carry out research work
in their department /organization.
• Give assurance to protect confidentiality, ensure anonymity and follow
specific procedures as per norms.
• Tell the participants the purpose of your research
• Clarify doubts about the research
• Respect their right to refuse to participate
• End of Chapter Four