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Well-Done lIterature revIeWs
A Journal’s Editor- in- Chief Perspective
MURRAY E. JENNEX
Introduction
As academics and researchers, we are taught to conduct and report
on our research. One of the basic skills we learn is to conduct and
write the literature review. Jennex (2009) discusses the value of good
literature reviews as being the building and strengthening of a body
of knowledge. Good research that is not basic research builds on that
which was done before and uses previous research to ground current
research in theory and as a lens for interpreting results. However,
as the numbers of information systems (IS) journals grow—Lamp
(2004) lists 861 IS journals with 735 still active (as of March25,
2014)—the time and effort it takes to cond ...