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Doing a literature review using content analysis-Research Networks Review

  • July 2014
  • Conference: Congresso Ibero-Americano em Investigação Qualitativa 2014
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Isabel Pinho at University of Aveiro
Isabel Pinho
Denise Balarine Cavalheiro Leite at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
Denise Balarine Cavalheiro Leite
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Research networks (RN) are social spaces in academia where knowledge processes happens, driven by collaboration and competition forces. Since RN is a complex phenomenon, new research is emerging in all fields of knowledge, its understanding needs a broad approach. This paper aims to examine pertinent and accessible literature to give a state of art of the so called research networks science. There is novelty in reviewing referential databases in which are included not only English written papers but also Portuguese and Spanish articles. Seven multidisciplinary databases were used for identifying relevant papers: Web of Knowledge; Scopus; Academic Search Complete; Proquest; Eric; Scielo; Redalyc and after a triage process of 1093 articles, 125 journals examined, 148 articles were selected for full analysis in three levels of aggregation, individual, institutional and system research. A framework was organized including the literature analysis, on micro (individual), meso (institutional) and macro (system) levels. From content analysis of selected articles some relevant themes emerge linked with topic. Integration of this information helps to build a conceptual model on Research Networks.
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... A revisão da literatura é aqui encarada como parte estruturante da metodologia, especialmente na valorização da análise de conteúdo como técnica para extrair informação do estado de arte do tema em estudo (Pinho & Leite, 2014). Assim, para construir uma base teórica sólida, foi feita uma revisão da literatura, considerando o tema, a questão de investigação e os objetivos identificados. ...
... Estes artigos selecionados foram objeto de uma análise temática (C. Costa et al., 2016;Pinho & Leite, 2014). Foram considerados cinco temas estruturantes: 1) Desenvolvimento comunitário nas zonas costeiras; 2) Desenvolvimento comunitário como processo de capacitação e empoderamento; 3) Desenvolvimento do turismo e sustentabilidade; 4) Desenvolvimento comunitário e acesso ao mercado turístico e 5) Desenvolvimento comunitário e inovação social. ...
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