Journal article
A Big-Data Approach to Understanding the Thematic Landscape of the Field of Business Ethics, 1982-2016
Journal of business ethics, Vol.160(1), pp.127-150
11/01/2019
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-018-3806-5
Abstract
This study focuses on examining the thematic landscape of the history of scholarly publication in business ethics. We analyze the titles, abstracts, full texts, and citation information of all research papers published in the field's leading journal, the Journal of Business Ethics, from its inaugural issue in February 1982 until December 2016-a dataset that comprises 6308 articles and 42 million words. Our key method is a computational algorithm known as probabilistic topic modeling, which we use to examine objectively the field's latent thematic landscape based on the vast volume of scholarly texts. This "big-data" approach allows us not only to provide time-specific snapshots of various research topics, but also to track the dynamic evolution of each topic over time. We further examine the pattern of individual papers' topic diversity and the influence of individual papers' topic diversity on their impact over time. We conclude this study with our recommendation for future studies in business ethics research.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- A Big-Data Approach to Understanding the Thematic Landscape of the Field of Business Ethics, 1982-2016
- Creators
- Ying Liu - Boston UniversityFeng Mai - Stevens Institute of TechnologyChris MacDonald - Toronto Metropolitan University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of business ethics, Vol.160(1), pp.127-150
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- DOI
- 10.1007/s10551-018-3806-5
- ISSN
- 0167-4544
- eISSN
- 1573-0697
- Number of pages
- 24
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 11/01/2019
- Academic Unit
- Business Analytics
- Record Identifier
- 9984701727602771
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