Understanding Computer-Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis Software as a Tool to Enhance Systematic Literature Reviews in Human Resource Development

Abstract

Using literature reviews to identify new research avenues and provide novel theoretical insights is increasing, with the Systematic Literature Review (SLR) recently gaining greater attention from human resource development scholarship. Analyzing and making sense of literature can be insightful, but also daunting as it involves organizing and analyzing vast amounts of articles and data. Computer-Aided/Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis (CAQDAS) software can be used to support this process by organizing the literature to enable more fine-grained analysis, support analytical coding, explore patterns in the literature, and check for coding consistency. In this instructor’s corner we explain and illustrate some of the CAQDAS analysis actions that can support researchers with their SLRs.

Editorial: Mapping the Next Phase of Growth for HRDR

“…These new methods can reside in qualitative, quantitative, and mixed method areas. The emergence of new technologies (Lochmiller, et al, 2023; O’Kane et al, 2023) provides new and exciting opportunities to enrich the field, including advanced methods and developments in machine learning. One instance is the expansion of digitization in organizational HRD processes, which have significantly increased the types of data available, including individual-level data.…”