On idiosyncratic use of theoretical framework in literature review: a note

On idiosyncratic use of theoretical framework in literature review: a note

On the construction of theoretical framework in literature review, the researcher needs to adapt the synthesized theoretical framework to respond to the idiosyncratic nature of the case study. First of all, conduct the following exercise on: "to evaluate the Human Resource Management function of ABC Ltd with special regard to employee recruitment" {the research objective}

Try to synthesize the two models using the patterns of theoretical framework options guidance.

Model 1: on HRM structure (source)

Model 2: on employee recruitment (source)

Due to the idiosyncratic nature of the case study of the researcher, the literature review outcome, in the form of a synthesized theoretical framework, will specify some theoretical items being more important than others to inform the research method design and subsequent analysis effort. In this respect, you, the researcher, could highlight specific theoretical framework items as having higher priority of application in your research project; this is indicated in the items being highlighted in orange color in the frameworks (and subsequently in the synthesized theoretical framework). The highlighted items are shown as follows:

Note: I did not perform any theoretical framework synthesis here; the diagram above is only meant to indicate usage of items highlighted in the models used. This essentially suggests that it is not compulsory to use all the items (e.g. concepts and variables) in all the models to be considered in your particular literature review exercise. This is because each case to be studied has its unique idiosyncratic (i.e. situational specific) considerations.