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100			_aTurner, John R. _931616
245			_aTheoretical Literature Review: Tracing the Life Cycle of a Theory and Its Verified and Falsified Statements
300			_a34-61 P.
520			_aThe Academy of Human Resource Development (AHRD) has proven to be a source of knowledge providing research in the forms of theory development, literature reviews, educational and descriptive analyses, critical analyses, and empirical research studies. Given this vast body of knowledge, there has not been a call for researchers to provide a literature review format for tracing the life cycles of individual theories, differentiating between formal and informal theories within human resource development’s (HRD) body of knowledge. The current article proposes a format for conducting a theoretical literature review, using path-goal leadership theory and the learning organization as two examples to showcase the benefits of using a theoretical literature review. Incorporating theoretical literature reviews to some of the AHRD’s journals could help in identifying and mapping the field’s formal and informal theories while aiding in providing additional historical reviews for the discipline.
653			_atheoretical literature review,
653			_areference discipline
653			_atheory,
653			_aliterature review
653			_aknowledge base
700			_aBaker, Rose _931617
700			_aKellner, Frank _931618
773	0		_029407 _970621 _aCALLAHAN, JAMIE L. _dNEW DELHI SAGE PUBLICATION PVT. LTD. _o5558804 _tHUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW _x1534-4843
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