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== Describe Research Gap ==
=== Description ===
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Identifying a research gap through

==== Gap-spotting ====
go through existing literature on your phenomenon
What are we missing?
Problematization:
dialectical interrogation
familiar position, other stances, and the specific domain

==== Types of research gaps ====

Methodological conflict: Questioning if findings on a certain topic are inconclusive with regard to applied research methods.
Contradictory evidence: Synthesize key findings and determine contradictions.
Knowledge void: Analyze literature with regard to theoretical concepts (e.g., using the chart method) and look for specific gaps or under-researched areas of research.
Action-knowledge conflict: Collect information about the action and relate this information to the knowledge base.
Evaluation void: Analyze if research findings have been evaluated and empirically verified.
Theory application void: Analyze the theories that have been employed to explain certain phenomena and identify further theories that might contribute to the knowledge base as well.

=== Examples ===

=== Further Readings ===
[1] Sandberg, J. & Alvesson, M. (2011). “Ways of constructing research questions: gap-spotting or problematization?”, Organization: Vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 23-44.

[2] Müller-Bloch, C. & Kranz, J. (2015). “A Framework for Rigorously Identifying Research Gaps in Qualitative Literature Reviews”, International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS): Forth Worth, Texas, USA.