IJMR Developing Theory Through Literature Reviews Workshop (F2F)

This is a full-day workshop (10am-4pm), including plenary inputs from Editors from the International Journal of Management Reviews and small group work (also facilitated by IJMR Editors) where participants will be working on developing their own literature review papers, with specific emphasis on developing a theoretical or conceptual contribution.

The workshop is likely to be of particular interest to PGRs and ECRs. Since both these groups are likely to be deeply embedded in their chosen literature, and to be seeking impactful outlets for publishing their literature reviews, this workshop is particularly positioned to support them in this aim, with both methodological inputs and direct feedback and support. All participants will be required to submit an extended abstract as part of their application, and places will be offered based on their work having the potential to offer a conceptual contribution to knowledge (rather than merely a descriptive review).

The aim of the workshop is for participants to develop a clear understanding of how to develop a theoretical/conceptual contribution from a literature review, as well as how to ground their contributions in the robust and rigorous review methodologies they might consider utilizing. They will also benefit from expert feedback to enable them to substantively progress their own paper in this format. Resultant papers may be submitted to IJMR or other quality review-based journals (e.g. AMA, JMS).

Input sessions include:

• Literature review methodologies and their uses - systematic, bibliometric, narrative, snowballing, meta-analysis (Professor David Denyer -Consulting Editor, IJMR (Cranfield School of Management))
• Developing theory from literature reviews - mining and prospecting strategies and their uses (Professor Caroline Gatrell - Consulting Editor, IJMR and General Editor, Journal of Management Studies (University of Liverpool))
• Facilitated work on individual literature review projects (Four groups, facilitated by Dr Marian Iszatt-White, Professor David Denyer, Professor Jamie Callahan - Co-editor-in-chief, IJMR (Durham University) and Professor Jonathan Pinto – Associate Editor, IJMR (Imperial College London))

Please note registration is still open, but places are limited. 

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