The theoretical foundations of sociotechnical systems change for sustainability: A systematic literature review

Systems thinking methods have evolved into a popular toolkit in Human Factors to analyze complex sociotechnical systems at early design stages, such as future airliners’ single pilot operations (SPO). A quantitative re-analysis of studies from a systematic literature review (Schmid & Stanton, 2019b) was conducted to categorically assess their contributions to researching SPO and to fitting their systems thinking methods to contemporary Human Factors problems. Although only 15 of 79 publications applied systems thinking methods to operational, automation, and the pilot incapacitation issue(s) of SPO, these studies provided a comprehensive concept of operations that is able to deal with many issues of future single-piloted airliners. These theoretical models require further evaluation by looking at the empirical instances of system behavior. Finally, the hierarchical structures in system’s development and operations from systems thinking enable Human Factors professionals and researchers to approach SPO systematically.

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Conceptualising and measuring social media engagement: A systematic literature review

Italian Journal of Marketing ◽

10.1007/s43039-021-00035-8 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Mariapina Trunfio ◽

Simona Rossi

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Literature Review ◽

Systematic Literature Review ◽

Conceptual Tool ◽

Quantitative Metrics ◽

Social Media Engagement ◽

Social Media Platforms ◽

Theoretical Foundations ◽

Academic Debate

AbstractThe spread of social media platforms enhanced academic and professional debate on social media engagement that attempted to better understand its theoretical foundations and measurements. This paper aims to systematically contribute to this academic debate by analysing, discussing, and synthesising social media engagement literature in the perspective of social media metrics. Adopting a systematic literature review, the research provides an overarching picture of what has already been investigated and the existing gaps that need further research. The paper confirms the polysemic and multidimensional nature of social media engagement. It identifies the behavioural dimension as the most used proxy for users' level of engagement suggesting the COBRA model as a conceptual tool to classify and interpret the construct. Four categories of metrics emerged: quantitative metrics, normalised indexes, set of indexes, qualitative metrics. It also offers insights and guidance to practitioners on modelling and managing social media engagement.

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Notions of Creativity in Mathematics Education Research: a Systematic Literature Review

International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education ◽

10.1007/s10763-021-10192-z ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Julia Joklitschke ◽

Benjamin Rott ◽

Maike Schindler

Keyword(s):

Education Research ◽

Mathematics Education ◽

Literature Review ◽

Empirical Research ◽

Systematic Literature Review ◽

Mathematics Education Research ◽

Mathematical Education ◽

Diverse Field ◽

Theoretical Assumptions ◽

Theoretical Foundations

AbstractInterest in creativity in mathematics education research is increasing, and the field of research is growing. Yet, research on creativity and the notions (we use this wording to accumulate understandings, beliefs, and ideas about the construct) of creativity that are addressed in empirical research are diverse and difficult to organize in an overview, with different theoretical backgrounds and theoretical assumptions underlying them. The aim of this article is therefore to provide a systematic overview of notions of creativity addressed in recent empirical research on mathematical education. We conducted a systematic literature review, guided by the question, What notions of creativity are addressed in current mathematics education research and what theoretical foundations do they rely on? The article gives an overview of the five predominant notions of creativity that were identified in current empirical research in mathematics education from 2006 to 2019. We describe and evaluate these notions and identify trends that will help to structure this diverse field of research.

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