Uncovering the intellectual development of the Journal of Organizational Change Management

Abstract

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to identify the documents which have had the greatest impact on the Journal of Organizational Change Management (JOCM) articles and to analyze the evolution of the intellectual structure of the journal.Design/methodology/approachA knowledge‐stock analysis is performed to assess major trends of the JOCM. A bibliometric study is then conducted thanks to citation and co‐citation analysis about the documents which are the most cited by the articles published in the JOCM (between 1995 and 2011).FindingsThrough the results of their analysis, the authors: describe the growing stock of knowledge of the JOCM over time; identify the documents having the strongest influence on the JOCM articles; and pinpoint the evolution of the intellectual structure of the journal.Research limitations/implicationsAlthough the sample of retained articles seems representative of the JOCM publication efforts, the data set presents some limitations. There are also some limits inherent to the research design and to the bibliometric methods. The intention of the present research is to give a quantitative overview of the intellectual evolution of the journal.Practical implicationsGrasping the intellectual development of the JOCM enables researchers and practitioners to better understand how issues are being approached by authors who publish in this journal. It also stimulates the scholarly debate.Originality/valueThis knowledge‐stock and bibliometric study is the first to be concerned with the JOCM.

Intellectual landscape of research on change management: a bibliometric analysis

“…This search located two such publications. The first of these by Giraud and Autissier (2013) is relatively old and is limited to the publications made in a specific journal. In the second and the more recent study by (Díaz-Iglesias et al , 2019), the researchers concentrated their work more on business and management aspects and their data were retrieved from a single source (Web of Science, WoS).…”

Analysis of intellectual development behind organizational change management (2012-2022): A bibliometric study

“…Whereas bibliometric analysis is the popular and in-depth method for analyzing large volumes of scientific data and generating higher research impact (Donthu, Kumar, Mukherjee, et al, 2021;, it can provide relevant research gaps and new directions in any domain. Indeed, quantifiability and objectivity are components of bibliometric studies (Nerur, Rasheed and Natarajan, 2008;Carnahan, Agarwal and Campbell, 2010;Autissier, 2015). Narrative literature reviews not only lack rigor but also have author bias (Zupic and Čater, 2015;Schmeisser, 2013).…”

“…With reference to the above statements, bibliometric analysis for the peer-reviewed journal "OCM" for the period 2012-2022 has become necessary. JOCM is one of the popular journals that publish quality articles that assess OCM in the business management, accounting, and decision science categories (Autissier, 2015). JOCM got contributions from all Abstract Change is a menace or delight, it depends on how well it is managed.…”

“…(Jacobs et al, 2013) said that managers cannot fully plan organizational change like other managerial aspects, yet wide avenues of management have seen change with sheer speed (Karakose et al, 2022). Thus, change management is considered a crucial knowledge stock (Autissier, 2015;Jacobs, Van Witteloostuijn and Christe-Zeyse, 2013;Wolf et al, 2022). JOCM hold archives of change management from 1988 until 2023.…”

“…JOCM hold archives of change management from 1988 until 2023. The bibliometric analysis was already performed by (Autissier, 2015) for the period 1988-2011; thus, in continuation, considering a decade as a relevant time gap, bibliometric analysis is performed in the study for the period 2012-2022 (as the year 2023 is yet to be completed, it is not considered for analysis) (Figure 1). The significance of bibliometric analysis is in understanding the most impactful articles in a particular area through citation analysis and their linkages through co-citation analysis (Autissier, 2015).…”