Rob Dekkers’s research while affiliated with University of Glasgow and other places

... Because in all these cases the simulation is to serve as a mediator for our understanding of reality [59], a central requirement is for it to be credible [60] or trustworthy [44]. This is especially true in intervention-oriented fields [61], like OR, where a post-positivist view requires stakeholder's participation to ensure the simulation impacts practice [62]. ...

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A Validation Framework for Bulk Distribution Logistics Simulation Models

... Moving forward, future ICT initiatives for small-scale producers must carefully diagnose localized barriers, priorities, and digital literacy skills to design appropriate solutions (Roberts and Hernandez, 2019). These efforts will benefit tremendously from the sustained involvement of end-users in iterative ICT co-design and evaluation (Akinnuwesi et al., 2013;Koukou and Dekkers, 2024), as well as other relevant stakeholders such as extension services, policymakers, and consumers (Steinke et al., 2019;Alfonsi, 2024). Such participatory approaches can have significant positive outcomes for ICT design and adoption, and reduce digital divides (Chipidza and Leidner, 2019;Ortiz-Crespo et al., 2020). ...

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Adoption and desirable characteristics of Information and Communication Technologies for urban small-scale food producers in South Africa

... The keywords shown in Figure 1 were applied independently by the first two authors on the team to Scopus, Web of Science and Google Scholar. Using multiple databases is beneficial for including relevant studies, preventing relevant studies from missing out on specific databases (Zhou et al., 2023). These three are the most used databases with the coverage of high-impact and peerreviewed journals (Podsakoff et al., 2005). ...

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Uncovering the impact of digital technologies on strategising: Evidence from a systematic literature review

... The review process was guided by methods used in the research literature (Gould, 1994). A critical analysis of each paper involved a visual search for themes that were categorized. ...

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Mental Health Needs of People Who Identify as Transgender: A Review of the Literature

... Research syntheses can encompass descriptive, informative, evaluative, and connective aspects, often undertaken using a narrative, critical or systematic approach (Popay et al., 2006;Luke et al., 2018). Purposeful sampling involves selecting highly relevant and information-rich cases, extracting and describing how information from an article can be used for the purposes of the study at hand (Duan et al., 2015;Dekkers et al., 2022). Examples include choosing highly cited and frequently used publications to ascertain popularly referred to literature, as well as selecting varied cases to document diverse adaptations, and also as an outlier, extreme or less common cases to understand a range of different manifestations of an idea (Duan et al., 2015). ...

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Designing social surveys for understanding farming and natural resource management: A purposeful review of best-practice survey methods

... To synthesize and expand the existing knowledge base, this study's research design entails a two-pronged approach to build upon the existing knowledge base. First, a systematic literature search is conducted to uncover relevant scholarly sources, as the rigor of a literature review hinges on the quality of the search process (Dekkers et al., 2022;Snyder, 2019). Second, the retrieved articles are analyzed using predefined criteria to extract the key themes, knowledge gaps, and future research directions. ...

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Information Security in Higher Education Institutions: A Systematic Literature Review

... Firstly, the clinical problems were refined by the principle patient, intervention, contrast, outcome, study (PICOS) [16] : P: children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia; I: chemotherapy; C: 6-thioguanine vs 6-mercaptopurine; O: effectiveness and safety; S: RCTs. ...

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Clinical efficacy and safety of 6-thioguanine in the treatment of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia: A protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis

... Dekkers et al. [18] explain that having eligibility criteria enables one to set boundaries for the types of studies that can be included in the literature review. Inclusion and exclusion criteria are set after identifying the research question but before the actual literature review [19]. ...

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Intravenous Fluids After Cleft Repair Surgery: Do They Enhance or Delay Recovery?

... However, literature searches are (Haraldstad & Christophersen, 2015;Vimal, 2022), computerized and organized (Pisters & Hoffman, 1998), optimal (Bramer et al., 2017) and comprehensive (Hazari, 2023). Moreover, research databases (e.g., Google Scholar, PubMed, ResearchGate, Scopus, and Web of Science, etc.) are multiple, and selecting the best search engines is also part of the challenge of literature searches (Dekkers et al., 2022). In the context of online education research, bibliometric analyses have highlighted its growing complexity, emphasizing the urgent need for tools that can streamline access to high-quality literature (Permadi & Tiarto, 2022). ...

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GPT Search for Revolutionizing Research for Early-Career Education Scholars: A Mediation and Multi-Modality Perspective

... Numerous prior studies have utilized SCM practices to improve organizational performance (Ali & Gossaye, 2023). However, further research is necessary to draw definitive conclusions on link among SCM practices and, organizational performance, as some studies have primarily focused on the financial impacts of these practices (Dekkers et al., 2020). ...

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Evaluating The Influencing Supply Chain Management Practices Act On Organizational Performance. The Employee Job Satisfaction's Mediating Impact