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Writing Integrative Literature Reviews: Guidelines and Examples

University of Nebraska–Lincoln

The integrative literature review is a distinctive form of research that generates new knowledge about the topic reviewed. Little guidance is available on how to write an integrative literature review. This article discusses how to organize and write an integrative literature review and cites examples of published integrative literature reviews that illustrate how this type of research has made substantive contributions to the knowledge base of human resource development.

Key Words: literature review • integrative literature review • integrative research review: synthesis

Human Resource Development Review, Vol. 4, No. 3, 356-367 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/1534484305278283


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