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Do We Really Understand a Research Topic? Finding Answers through Meta-Analyses

Philosophy of Science and Meta-Knowledge in International Business and Management

ISBN: 978-1-78190-712-2, eISBN: 978-1-78190-713-9

Publication date: 30 May 2013

Abstract

Meta-analysis is one of a number of scientific approaches for accumulating knowledge in a research domain. It provides a quantitative synthesis of a literature using various statistical instruments. This chapter introduces the main points underlying meta-analytic methodology by discussing its merits when compared to a conventional literature review and covers the fundamental approaches used when conducting a meta-analysis. Criticism of meta-analysis is briefly discussed in the context of the major issues facing meta-analysis in international business.

Citation

Devinney, T.M. and Tang, R.W. (2013), "Do We Really Understand a Research Topic? Finding Answers through Meta-Analyses", Devinney, T.M., Pedersen, T. and Tihanyi, L. (Ed.) Philosophy of Science and Meta-Knowledge in International Business and Management (Advances in International Management, Vol. 26), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 239-262. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1571-5027(2013)0000026015

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