TY - JOUR
T1 - The present and future of artificial intelligence in people management research
T2 - A Bibliometric Approach
AU - Bauwens, Robin
AU - Batistič, Sasa
PY - 2025/4/23
Y1 - 2025/4/23
N2 - In recent years, people management has embraced artificial intelligence (AI), which presents both challenges and opportunities. Yet, it is clear that the marriage of HRM and leadership in this domain has only just begun, and the bandwagon is carried by other disciplines such as computer science and engineering. This yields potential issues as approaches and research agendas are not aligned. We address these issues with an objective and comprehensive review. We employed two bibliometric approaches, document co-citation and bibliographic coupling, and included 863 primary and 42664 secondary documents. Our review shows the current state of the people management and AI discussion and identifies potential future trends of this discussion based on emerging research. Based on our review we provide key findings and potential future suggestions on how the linkage between the three fields could further evolve.
AB - In recent years, people management has embraced artificial intelligence (AI), which presents both challenges and opportunities. Yet, it is clear that the marriage of HRM and leadership in this domain has only just begun, and the bandwagon is carried by other disciplines such as computer science and engineering. This yields potential issues as approaches and research agendas are not aligned. We address these issues with an objective and comprehensive review. We employed two bibliometric approaches, document co-citation and bibliographic coupling, and included 863 primary and 42664 secondary documents. Our review shows the current state of the people management and AI discussion and identifies potential future trends of this discussion based on emerging research. Based on our review we provide key findings and potential future suggestions on how the linkage between the three fields could further evolve.
U2 - 10.1177/23409444251341326
DO - 10.1177/23409444251341326
M3 - Article
SN - 2340-9436
JO - BRQ-Business Research Quarterly
JF - BRQ-Business Research Quarterly
ER -