Mixed Methods Utilisation in Innovation Management Research A Systematic Literature Review and Meta-Summary

摘要

The main purpose of this article is to explore the application of mixed methods research inthe innovation management sub-discipline utilizing a systematic literature review and meta-summaryanalysis. Regardless of the growing number of studies in innovation management there is still alack of research that integrates and synthesizes this body of knowledge. Our review of 93 articlesfrom Web of Science and Scopus databases, including content analysis, presents trends and researchbackground in innovation management that use the mixed methods approach. This study addressesthe inconsistencies in the literature and presents a holistic picture of what existing empirical studieshave found to date. In addition, we have developed an innovation management model based onselected theoretical lenses to enable future researchers in a given area to choose the appropriatemethod. The results of the meta-summary show that 50.54% articles from our dataset are related topartially mixed dominant sequential methods, 12.90% fully mixed dominant sequential methods and11.83% fully mixed dominant concurrent methods. We identified several research gaps and provideda future research avenue in the context of innovation management. The article analyzes empiricalpapers, enables identification of problems in the current research and identifies trends in the area ofthe studied phenomenon. The results on the topic of mixed methods in innovation management andused tools have indicated that this issue is still in a premature phase but with an upward trend ofresearch development.