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The Role of Managers in Corporate Change Management: A Bibliometric Review

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  • Ángel Gutiérrez-Iñiguez

    (Departament d’Economia de l’Empresa, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Barcelona, Spain)

  • Jesús Collado-Agudo

    (Santander Financial Institute (SANFI), University of Cantabria, 39005 Santander, Spain)

  • Josep Rialp-Criado

    (Departament d’Economia de l’Empresa, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Barcelona, Spain)

Abstract

In response to a business context characterized by change, a large number of approaches from different areas of knowledge has developed in the literature without an integrative framework. For this reason, the purpose of this research is to provide a comprehensive overview of change management literature. Taking as its basis a bibliometric study on change management, this article offers a classification of these approaches that provides an overview of the current state of the research on the role of managers in change management. Four hundred and ninety-three scientific documents (1333 keywords and 883 authors) were retrieved from the Web of Science database from 2013 to 2022. Our results identify three main topics underlying change management literature: organizational change, management and performance. The theoretical and practical implications of each dimension are analyzed and allow us to propose a classification of the literature on corporate change management. Furthermore, the implications of sustainability are also explained.

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  • Ángel Gutiérrez-Iñiguez & Jesús Collado-Agudo & Josep Rialp-Criado, 2023. "The Role of Managers in Corporate Change Management: A Bibliometric Review," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(14), pages 1-15, July.
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