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Research in Management: Analysis of Publications

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Management Studies in South Africa

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Based on the publication records sourced from the Web of Science database, we examine the features and trends of publications in management studies in South Africa. The analysis covers the period 1966–2015, consisting of 1294 publications. The racial and gender backgrounds of the authors are collected and examined. The analysis demonstrates the features of publications across distinctive historical periods. It also reveals the unique features of the publications in terms of the author’s gender, race, sector, institution, department and province. The inter-relationship between race, gender, sector, institution and coauthorship is remarkable in the field. The findings have implications for the future of the discipline in South Africa.

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  1. 1.

    See Bunting, 2006 for the type of institutions during the apartheid phase.

  2. 2.

    The departments included in these categories in the order of numbers within the categories are:

    • Management—programmes in leadership, business, marketing, management, industrial psychology and management, technology and system management, commerce, construction economics and management, human resources, innovation, information and technology, logistics, computer technology, hotel management, operational research process, business, math and informatics, accountancy, public management, occupation therapy, energy technology, hospitality and business management, hospitality, entrepreneurship and business development, people policy and performance, work well research unit, quantitative management, decision science, labour, military science, recreation and leisure, institutional monitoring and evaluation, entrepreneurship, work organization and personal psychology, and human relations.

    • Economics—economics, accounting and accountancy, auditing, banking, Africa control investment, construction economics, financial management, tax, economic research and innovation, business economics, health economics and HIV/AIDS, economics management, agriculture economics, and governance and economic development.

    • Computer Science—information and informatics, and computing and computer science.

    • Statistics and Mathematics—statistics, mathematics and applied mathematics, and modelling science.

    • Engineering—construction management and surveying, engineering, industrial and system engineering, process engineering and civil engineering.

    • Health Sciences—immunology, medicine, nursing, health sciences and services, bio medical engineering, biological studies and therapeutical studies.

    • Social Sciences—communication science, psychology, development studies, political science, social and government studies, renewable and sustainable studies, tourism and ecotourism, geography and environment, environmental engineering, foundation studies, disaster studies, environment studies, law, ASEAN studies, higher education studies, education, curriculum development, organic studies, arts, cultural studies, educational psychology, architecture and urban planning, adult basic education, development studies, foreign policy and ecology.

    • Natural Sciences—biology, agriculture extension, rural resources, agriculture, agricultural sciences, natural resources management and social science.

    • Humanities—language, philosophy, English, human sciences and music.

  3. 3.

    The European partners in the data were England, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, Scotland, Sweden, Spain, Denmark, Austria, Portugal, Wales, Ireland, Greece, Finland and Norway. The North American partners were the US and Canada. The Asian partners included China, India, Pakistan, South Korea, Bangladesh and Taiwan. African partners in the data were Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Namibia, Zambia, Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda, Angola and Eritrea.

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Ruggunan, S., Sooryamoorthy, R. (2019). Research in Management: Analysis of Publications. In: Management Studies in South Africa. Palgrave Studies in African Leadership. Palgrave Pivot, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99657-8_3

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