The Systematic Literature Review: Advantages and Applications in Nonprofit Scholarship.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Gazley, Beth
- Source
- Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary & Nonprofit Organizations. Dec2022, Vol. 33 Issue 6, p1256-1262. 7p.
- Subject
- *SCHOLARSHIP applications
*NONPROFIT sector
*PRIOR learning
*EMPIRICISM
- Language
- ISSN
- 0957-8765
Voluntary and nonprofit sector studies are relatively young and still seeking common intellectual ground. One vehicle for accomplishing this task is the systematic literature review (SLR). SLRs approach knowledge generation through a rules-driven comprehensive process for finding and analyzing prior knowledge. SLRs support the voluntary sector's current emphasis on data transparency in publication. They also support the growth of voluntary sector empiricism by offering a greater claim to reliability and generalizability of findings. Finally, they support goals of inclusiveness and knowledge unification that are important to the voluntary sector academy, its funders, and its constituents. This explanatory article draws on examples from the nonprofit and voluntary sector to describe the rationale and methods of the SLR. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]