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Table 1.

Review purpose and level of contribution

Level	Theoretical	Managerial/Practical/Societal
High contribution	Identifying and resolving conceptual issues and contradictions Identifying new patterns Providing evidence	Deriving new actionable recommendations by combining literature
Moderate contribution	Structuring the field. Identifying existing patterns	Synthesizing recommendations
Low contribution	Summarizing research in the field	Summarizing recommendations from the literature
Very low contribution	Pointing out which theories or methods have been used	Listing and ranking recommendations from the literature

Level	Theoretical	Managerial/Practical/Societal
High contribution	Identifying and resolving conceptual issues and contradictionsIdentifying new patternsProviding evidence	Deriving new actionable recommendations by combining literature
Moderate contribution	Structuring the field. Identifying existing patterns	Synthesizing recommendations
Low contribution	Summarizing research in the field	Summarizing recommendations from the literature
Very low contribution	Pointing out which theories or methods have been used	Listing and ranking recommendations from the literature