Intellectual Structure of Human Resources Management Research: A Bibliometric Analysis of the Journal Human Resource Management, 1985–2005
Mariluz Fernandez-Alles and Antonio Ramos-Rodríguez Universidad de Cádiz, Facultad de CC. EE. y Empresariales, Avenida Duque de Nájera n◦ 8, 11002, Cádiz, Spain. E-mail: {mariluz.fernandez, rafael.ramos}@uca.es
The multidisciplinary character of the theories supporting research in the discipline of human resources management (HRM), the increasing importance of a more rigorous approach to HRM studies by academics, and the impact of HRM on the competitive advantage of firms are just some of the indicators demonstrating the relevance of this discipline in the broader field of the social sciences. These developments explain why a quantitative analysis of HRM studies based on bibliometric techniques is particularly opportune. The general objective of this article is to analyze the intellectual structure of the HRM discipline; this can be divided into two specific objectives. The first is to identify the most frequently cited studies, with the purpose of identifying the key topics of research in the HRM discipline. The second objective is to represent the networks of relationships between the most-cited studies, grouping them under common themes, with the object of providing a diagrammatic description of the knowledge base constituted by accumulated works of research in the HRM field. The methodology utilized is based on the bibliometric techniques of citation analysis.
Introduction The first scientific studies concerning work and employees appeared in the first decade of the 20th century, and since then the discipline that currently deals with these topics, human resources management (HRM), has undergone considerable development. The creation of associations, publications, and conferences interested in human resources (HR), in the academic field, and the importance of HR departments and specialists in business are just some of the... [continues]
Mariluz Fernandez-Alles and Antonio Ramos-Rodríguez Universidad de Cádiz, Facultad de CC. EE. y Empresariales, Avenida Duque de Nájera n◦ 8, 11002, Cádiz, Spain. E-mail: {mariluz.fernandez, rafael.ramos}@uca.es
The multidisciplinary character of the theories supporting research in the discipline of human resources management (HRM), the increasing importance of a more rigorous approach to HRM studies by academics, and the impact of HRM on the competitive advantage of firms are just some of the indicators demonstrating the relevance of this discipline in the broader field of the social sciences. These developments explain why a quantitative analysis of HRM studies based on bibliometric techniques is particularly opportune. The general objective of this article is to analyze the intellectual structure of the HRM discipline; this can be divided into two specific objectives. The first is to identify the most frequently cited studies, with the purpose of identifying the key topics of research in the HRM discipline. The second objective is to represent the networks of relationships between the most-cited studies, grouping them under common themes, with the object of providing a diagrammatic description of the knowledge base constituted by accumulated works of research in the HRM field. The methodology utilized is based on the bibliometric techniques of citation analysis.
Introduction The first scientific studies concerning work and employees appeared in the first decade of the 20th century, and since then the discipline that currently deals with these topics, human resources management (HRM), has undergone considerable development. The creation of associations, publications, and conferences interested in human resources (HR), in the academic field, and the importance of HR departments and specialists in business are just some of the... [continues]
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