Inconsistency in the “universal characteristics” seen in the literature

The last chapter located my findings within the latest literature in respect to the key themes and it pointed to gaps. This chapter returns to the literature, both recent and less recent, to examine a number of different broad statements that Austad refers to as “assumptions that guide most short-term work” that are revealed there (1995, p. 27). These too point to the need for the more comprehensive overview that my findings provide. They also raise a number of questions.