Abstract
In this article, we intersect the research streams on conducting better literature reviews and on building better theory to present detailed guidelines for developing theory using theoretical concept reviews, literature reviews that present the elements of theory from primary studies. We distinguish three different kinds of theoretical concept reviews: topical for scoping out a theoretical landscape, propositional for arguing a new theoretical model, and confirmatory for testing a theory. We provide specific guidance on how to search for, extract and synthesize the elements of theory using theoretical concept synthesis, as well as other appropriate techniques. We discuss how to develop a theoretical contribution and then present applications of these guidelines for literature reviews of various scales of breadth.
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