Description:

This Master Prompt would focus on transforming a broad research interest into a clearly bounded and defensible integrative review problem. It would guide researchers in identifying conceptual fragmentation, inconsistent definitions, methodological uncertainty, unexplained relationships, practical problems or insufficiently integrated evidence; establishing the significance of the review; defining its objectives; and formulating review questions capable of guiding subsequent evidence identification and synthesis.

A major emphasis would be placed on alignment among the identified knowledge problem, review purpose, research questions, population or phenomenon of interest, context and intended contribution. Researchers would distinguish a genuine evidence-synthesis problem from a topic that is merely broad or under-researched. The literature demonstrates that integrative reviews can address conceptual ambiguity, fragmented research traditions and poorly synthesized practical evidence rather than simply summarize existing publications.