"Asking the following questions will stimulate your criticalthinking and will help you in writing your literature review:1. Are the research questions interesting and is the proposed investigation logicaland fit for that study? If not, can you propose a better and more suitable alternative (justify your choice)?2. Are the data used adequate for the task?3. Is the analysis (theoretical and empirical) relevant?4. Does the research method adequately address the hypothesis/hypothesesand/or research question(s) of that study?5. Are the author’s assumptions reasonable?6. Do the conclusions follow from the evidence presented?7. In what way does the finding(s) and conclusion(s) of this study improveon/compare to previous research?8. On balance, is the author’s argument/conclusion convincing to you? Or is itsuperficial and lacks insight?9Dr Nataliya Shiraz 2016/17 Artricle Johnson & Harrison (2011) (note this is a fictitious Article 2 Article 3Component article)Research questions & What deterrents prevent female managers fromobjectives applying for managerial roles in the hospitality industry? Literature Focuses mainly on social and cultural factors Research model or Uses the robust XYZ model to examine and highlight thetheoretical constructs shortfall in female managers in various industriesResearch philosophyInterpretivismResearch & data Qualitative. Focus groups and interviews.collectionmethodSample 15 unsuccessful female applicants/candidates.ConclusionFindings corroborate the assumption that the femalegender is discriminated against in that industry.For example, topic of interest here is the ‘Underrepresentation offemale managers in the Hospitality Industry’Dr Nataliya Shiraz 2016/17 10 ? A systematic method for identifying, interpreting,evaluating and synthesising the current thinkingand research on a topic? It shows that you have systematicallyresearched the literature; and that you have takenon board what you have read – i.e. it hasinfluenced your thinking on the subject – and theway you carried out your researchDr Nataliya Shiraz 2016/17 11 ? Provides an overview of what has been said in the field? Summarises who the key writers in the field are? Summarises key theories, models, hypotheses, research findings –and more?? Discusses what questions are being asked in the field? To establish the context for the topic/problem? To place the writer’s research in its historical context? To synthesise and gain new points of view? To highlight the significance of a particular issues or problems? To distinguish what has been done from what needs to be done.What is a theory?“Any concept, construct or conceptual framework that helps us thinkabout and/or better understand some aspect of an issue of concern”(Cameron & Price, 2009)Dr Nataliya Shiraz 2016/17 12 "