Journal of Global Social Sciences June 2023, Volume 4, Number 15, 1-11 ISSN: Print 2735-9328, Online 2735-9336 INTERROGATING THE ESSENCE OF LITERATURE REVIEW TO SOCIAL AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCE RESEARCH IN THE 21 ST CENTURY Olufade George TAYO, (Ph.D inview) olufade200@gmail.com Ukpeli PETER, (Ph.D inview) Independent Researcher Sirdon4life@gmail.com & Aliyu Ozovehe ILIAS, (Ph.D Inview) ilias4512@gmail.com ABSTRACT This paper is on Interrogating the Essence of Literature Review to Social Science and Management Science Research in the 21 st Century. The explanatory survey research design was used in this paper and the secondary method of data collection was adopted to provide explanation on literature review which is a very important item on social and management science research. There are two challenges facing literature review application in the 21 st century and those are the wrong use of literature review and the other one is the temptation by the review to apply outdated literatures, it is based on this that this paper recommends that supervision of writeup is required, so as to help research determine the most favourite type of literature review to be used and researchers and presenters are advise to avoid outdated literature to support their writing, it is also suggested that literature outside ten years should be avoided. Keywords: Literature Review, Social Science, Management Science, Research, 21 st Century. DOI: 10.58934/jgss.v4i15.182