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Table 1.

Comparative summary of prior reviews on reverse mentoring and study positioning

Reference	Journal	Review type and method	Time-frame	Primary domain(s)	Mgmt. focus	Main findings / contributions	Identified gaps	ADO coverage
Chaudhuri, Park and Johnson (2022b)	European Journal of Training and Development	Narrative literature review (Gregory and Denniss 4-step)	1998–2020	Education, HRD, business	Moderate	Maps outlets, methods, contexts; shows dominance of education-sector work	Few corporate cases; scant evidence on decision design and outcomes; lacks ADO framing	Antecedents (partial)
Clarke, Burgess, van Diggele and Mellis (2019)	Advances in Medical Education and Practice	Narrative conceptual review	– (to 2019)	Medical education	Low	Introduces RM to medical education; roles, benefits, success factors	Little empirical research; no mgmt lens; no decision/outcome data	Antecedents (conceptual)
Garg and Singh (2020)	Development and Learning in Organizations	Conceptual / narrative review + cases	– (to 2020)	HRD, multigenerational workforce	Moderate	Synthesizes drivers, benefits and threats; multigenerational focus	Not systematic; minimal empirics; no decision design	Antecedents; outcomes (conceptual)
Murphy (2012)(Marcinkus Murphy, 2012)	Human Resource Management	Integrative conceptual review	– (to 2012)	HRM, leadership dev.	High	First comprehensive RM model; frames cross-generational learning and millennial leadership	Purely theoretical; lacks decision data and empirical outcomes	Antecedents; outcomes (conceptual)
Singh, Thomas and Numbudiri (2021)	Knowledge and Process Management	Integrated literature review (PRISMA)	2009–2020	Knowledge management, KM during pandemic	Moderate	Shows limited adoption of RM in practice; proposes triadic IGL model for COVID-19 context	Implementation evidence scarce; no decision-design or outcome data; limited corporate focus	Antecedents (conceptual); outcomes (conceptual)
This study	Journal of Management History	Systematic literature review (ADO-TCM)	−2025	Management / organizations	High	First SLR focused solely on organisational RM; maps antecedents, decision designs and outcomes	Fills mgmt-sector gap; integrates decision and outcome evidence	Antecedents, decisions, outcomes

Reference	Journal	Review type and method	Time-frame	Primary domain(s)	Mgmt. focus	Main findings / contributions	Identified gaps	ADO coverage
Chaudhuri, Park and Johnson (2022b)	European Journal of Training and Development	Narrative literature review (Gregory and Denniss 4-step)	1998–2020	Education, HRD, business	Moderate	Maps outlets, methods, contexts; shows dominance of education-sector work	Few corporate cases; scant evidence on decision design and outcomes; lacks ADO framing	Antecedents (partial)
Clarke, Burgess, van Diggele and Mellis (2019)	Advances in Medical Education and Practice	Narrative conceptual review	– (to 2019)	Medical education	Low	Introduces RM to medical education; roles, benefits, success factors	Little empirical research; no mgmt lens; no decision/outcome data	Antecedents (conceptual)
Garg and Singh (2020)	Development and Learning in Organizations	Conceptual / narrative review + cases	– (to 2020)	HRD, multigenerational workforce	Moderate	Synthesizes drivers, benefits and threats; multigenerational focus	Not systematic; minimal empirics; no decision design	Antecedents; outcomes (conceptual)
Murphy (2012)(Marcinkus Murphy, 2012)	Human Resource Management	Integrative conceptual review	– (to 2012)	HRM, leadership dev.	High	First comprehensive RM model; frames cross-generational learning and millennial leadership	Purely theoretical; lacks decision data and empirical outcomes	Antecedents; outcomes (conceptual)
Singh, Thomas and Numbudiri (2021)	Knowledge and Process Management	Integrated literature review (PRISMA)	2009–2020	Knowledge management, KM during pandemic	Moderate	Shows limited adoption of RM in practice; proposes triadic IGL model for COVID-19 context	Implementation evidence scarce; no decision-design or outcome data; limited corporate focus	Antecedents (conceptual); outcomes (conceptual)
This study	Journal of Management History	Systematic literature review (ADO-TCM)	−2025	Management / organizations	High	First SLR focused solely on organisational RM; maps antecedents, decision designs and outcomes	Fills mgmt-sector gap; integrates decision and outcome evidence	Antecedents, decisions, outcomes

Source(s): Authors’ own work