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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

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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