Part 1 and Part 2 contents to cover in the literature review chapter of an academic-oriented dissertation project report

Part 1 and Part 2 contents to cover in the literature review chapter of an academic-oriented dissertation project report

Part 1 content [the broad picture view] [50% of the overall content] informs some key findings on the research theme and topic of the dissertation project. It content is related to 3 major exploratory questions:

Q1: What have been the main academic findings related to the research theme of "XXX"?

Q2: What research methods and academic theories have been employed in these academic works [that study the research theme of XXX?

Q3: What have been the research issues uncovered in these research works?

Illustrative examples:

• Accounting and Finance related
• Business management related
• Housing studies related.

Part 2 content [the theory-focused view] [50% of the overall content]: after presenting the specific research objectives, research questions and specific academic theories to employ in the dissertation project, Part 2 content should now (a) mainly focus on reviewing the academic theories chosen to be used and (b) indicate how these theories are to be used in a synthesized and adapted way to respond to the stated research objectives and research questions. Five specific questions need to be asked.

Q1: What is the XXX theory in the field of YYY all about?

Q2: Have there been any conceptual enhancements of the XXX theory over the years?

Q3: What are the other academic theories that are often employed together with the XXX Theory in YYY research works?

Q4: What are the strengths and limitations of the XXX theory in YYY as discussed in the academic literature?

Q5: What are the research gaps and research issues related to the XXX Theory employment in YYY?

Illustrative examples:

• Accounting and Finance related
• Business management related
• Housing studies related

*** Your literature review findings could also support your choice of research methods to  use and research objectives to adopt; a researcher has his/her own voice in these decisions, within the researcher's own situational constraints and availability of research opportunities. Nevertheless, the theory-driven literature review effort is vital here.

The questions for Part 1 and Part 2 can be posted on perplexity.ai for prompt replies.

*** For the brainstorming exercise to formulate a dissertation proposal, I prefer to make use of chatgpt (re: poe.com) to do so.

Reference: a collection of blog notes on using chatgpt for research purpose.