TY - JOUR
T1 - The road to the future
T2 - A multi-technique bibliometric review and development projections of the Leader–Member Exchange (LMX) research
AU - Premru, Marusa
AU - Cerne, Matej
AU - Batistič, Sasa
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by the Slovenian Research Agency (Core Project Funding J5-2555 and P5-0410).
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - This study examines the evolution of leader–member exchange (LMX) research. We apply bibliometrics to analyse the extant literature published from the beginning of the construct development, complementing existing qualitative and meta-analytic reviews of the LMX field. We use a combination of three bibliometric techniques—document cocitation analysis, co-word analysis, and bibliographic coupling. Our approach enables us to identify the most influential topics, determine the underlying structure and development of the field by interpreting bibliometric results against the backdrop of the invisible colleges framework (Vogel, 2012), as well as detect emerging topics. We conclude by providing important theoretical and methodological implications, suggesting the emergence of new sub-fields and future opportunities for new connections among specific existing sub-streams of LMX, leadership, and management research.
AB - This study examines the evolution of leader–member exchange (LMX) research. We apply bibliometrics to analyse the extant literature published from the beginning of the construct development, complementing existing qualitative and meta-analytic reviews of the LMX field. We use a combination of three bibliometric techniques—document cocitation analysis, co-word analysis, and bibliographic coupling. Our approach enables us to identify the most influential topics, determine the underlying structure and development of the field by interpreting bibliometric results against the backdrop of the invisible colleges framework (Vogel, 2012), as well as detect emerging topics. We conclude by providing important theoretical and methodological implications, suggesting the emergence of new sub-fields and future opportunities for new connections among specific existing sub-streams of LMX, leadership, and management research.
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KW - AUTHENTIC LEADERSHIP
KW - IDIOSYNCRATIC DEALS
KW - INNOVATION
KW - JOB-SATISFACTION
KW - MEDIATING ROLE
KW - PERCEIVED ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT
KW - QUALITY
KW - SOCIAL-EXCHANGE
KW - WORK OUTCOMES
KW - bibliographic coupling
KW - bibliometric analysis
KW - co-citation analysis
KW - invisible colleges framework
KW - leader-member exchange
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U2 - 10.1177/21582440221097688
DO - 10.1177/21582440221097688
M3 - Article
SN - 2158-2440
VL - 12
JO - Sage Open
JF - Sage Open
IS - 2
ER -