Several years since the introduction of systematic review in management research, our paper takes stock of how the methodology has been used thus far to elicit potential areas for improvement and a future best practice agenda. It was our focus to investigate how synthesis methods have been approached and how implications are spelled out for future research, practice and, where relevant, policy. To address this, we conducted a systematic review of systematic reviews published in management research since the early 2000s (N = 391). We found that whilst scholars adopted similar methodological steps, there was variability in focus, with more attention paid to explaining the systematic review methodology protocol and search strategy utilized, than on detailed analysis and synthesis of the included studies’ findings. These aspects should be addressed more explicitly from the outset as an integral aspect of a systematic review protocol to support more refined application of relevant synthesis methods to develop the field. We conclude with a guide for ‘best practice’, including recommendations and published examples where available and an agenda for future refinement.

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管理研究中系统评价的利用和发展：我们知道什么，我们从这里去哪里？

自从在管理研究中引入系统评价以来，几年来，本文总结了迄今为止如何使用该方法来引出潜在的改进领域和未来的最佳实践议程。我们的重点是调查如何采用综合方法以及如何阐明对未来研究，实践以及相关政策的影响。为了解决这个问题，我们对2000年代初期以来在管理研究中发表的系统评价进行了系统评价（N= 391）。我们发现，尽管学者们采取了相似的方法步骤，但重点仍然存在差异，与对所纳入研究结果的详细分析和综合相比，更多地关注于解释系统评价方法协议和所采用的检索策略。从一开始就应该更明确地解决这些方面，将其作为系统评价规程的一个组成部分，以支持更精细地应用相关合成方法来开发该领域。我们以“最佳实践”指南作为结尾，包括可用的建议和已发布的示例以及未来完善的议程。