Level of complexity of analytical academic ideas in theoretical framework level 1a

When constructing theoretical framework level 1a (in ALRA), we need to populate a theoretical framework level 0 with academic ideas. The majority of these academic ideas are analytical in nature. That is, they are not simply definitions of academic concepts, e.g. definition of employee turnover. It should be clear that if all the analytical academic ideas employed in a theoretical framework [level 1a] are very simple ones, the overall quality of the literature review remains quite crude. In this respect, it is useful to clarify the notion of analytical academic idea complexity in terms of levels of complexity. This is illustrated in the following table.

          Level of complexity of analytical academic ideas

Complexity level	Example of analytical academic ideas
Level 4	Dynamic capability model of Teece
Level 3	Porter and Lawler Model of Motivation
Level 2	Maslow's hierarchy of needs
Level 1	Top management commitment is a necessary condition for Total Quality Management success

It is important that for a student employing the agile literature review approach (ALRA) be able to adopt at least a few analytical academic ideas in their theoretical framework (level 1a) at complexity level 3 or 4. If all the analytical academic ideas used (as populated in the theoretical framework level 1a) are at level 1, the overall quality of the literature review for the ALRA exercise remains very crude.