articleInternational Journal of Management ReviewsApr 19, 2016HYBRID OA

Shades of Grey: Guidelines for Working with the Grey Literature in Systematic Reviews for Management and Organizational Studies

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Abstract

Abstract This paper suggests how the ‘grey literature’, the diverse and heterogeneous body of material that is made public outside, and not subject to, traditional academic peer‐review processes, can be used to increase the relevance and impact of management and organization studies (MOS). The authors clarify the possibilities by reviewing 140 systematic reviews published in academic and practitioner outlets to answer the following three questions: (i) Why is grey literature excluded from/included in systematic reviews in MOS? (ii) What types of grey material have been included in systematic reviews since guidelines for practice were first established in this discipline? (iii) How is the grey literature…

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Keywords
  • Grey literature
  • Systematic review
  • Scholarship
  • Relevance (law)
  • Subject (documents)
  • Sociology
  • Peer review
  • Political science
UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Quality Education
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