Inclusive Leadership: A Scientometric Assessment of an Emerging Field
Diversity within Diversity Management
ISBN: 978-1-78973-172-9, eISBN: 978-1-78973-171-2
Publication date: 7 May 2019
Abstract
Purpose
Inclusive leadership is exhibiting signs of an emerging field of theory and practice. The purpose of this research is to systematically map this emergence and its various facets.
Design/Methodology
Citation information from 91 records on inclusive leadership were extracted from Scopus and analyzed using a series of citation and co-word techniques.
Findings
We identified six clusters of keywords that underpin the current state of research on inclusive leadership. We also unraveled a trend that suggests research on inclusive leadership is moving from a simple approach to leadership on healthcare and education to become a universally desirable style of leadership in parallel with the global increase in the importance of diversity and inclusion.
Originality/Value
This study is the first attempt to develop a complete map of the domain of inclusive leadership. It also provides management researchers and practitioners with a tool for evaluating inclusive leadership publications and provides a systematic and objective means of determining the relative importance of the field in the development of the inclusive leadership research.
Paper type
Bibliometric literature review (Meta analytic review)
Keywords
Acknowledgements
Acknowledgment
We would like to thank editors of this volume and anonymous reviewers for their helpful and constructive comments which helped us significantly improve this chapter.
Citation
Najmaei, A. and Sadeghinejad, Z. (2019), "Inclusive Leadership: A Scientometric Assessment of an Emerging Field", Diversity within Diversity Management (Advanced Series in Management, Vol. 22), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 221-245. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1877-636120190000022012
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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