Systematic review techniques are about to become the “new normal” in reviews of management research. However, there is not yet much advice on how to organize the sample selection process as part of such reviews. This article addresses this void and analyzes this vital part of systematic reviews in more detail. In particular, it offers a critical review of systematic literature reviews published in the Academy of Management Annals and the International Journal of Management Reviews between 2004 and 2018. Based on this methodological literature review, the article presents issues to consider in the most critical choices during the sample selection process. Furthermore, this review identifies several descriptive features such as the mean number of research items included in systematic reviews, the mean number of databases used, and the mean coverage period of such reviews. These numbers may be used as benchmark figures in future reviews.

系统评价技术将成为管理研究评价的“新常态”。但是，关于如何组织样本选择过程作为此类审查的一部分，目前还没有太多建议。本文解决了这一空白，并更详细地分析了系统评价的这一重要部分。特别是，它对《管理研究年鉴》和《国际管理评论杂志》上发表的系统文献综述提供了重要的评论。在2004年至2018年之间。基于此方法学文献综述，本文提出了在样本选择过程中最关键的选择中要考虑的问题。此外，该评价还确定了几种描述性特征，例如系统评价中包含的研究项目的平均数量，所用数据库的平均数量以及此类评价的平均覆盖期。这些数字可以在将来的审查中用作基准数字。