Content analysis of scientific outputs of ethical leadership subject area in Web of Science database

Subject Areas : Journal of Knowledge Studies

مرضیه یاری زنگنه ¹ ( عضو هیات علمی دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد مرودشت )
Ismael Mostafavi ² ( Yazd University )

Received: 2024-02-25 Accepted : 2024-06-19 Published : 2024-09-29

Keywords: content analysis, scientific outputs, ethical leadership, Web of Science database,

Abstract :

Objective: The purpose of this research is to review and analyze the content of scientific outputs in the subject area of ethical leadership in the Web of Science database Methodology: The research method is content analysis of scientific texts; And it has been done with the scientometric approach and using Web of Science software and scientometric database. For data analysis, Excel, RavarPremap, VosViewer, Ucint and NetDraw software were used. Also, the clustering of concepts was done based on the word similarity matrix by SPSS software. Results: The findings of the study show that ethical leadership has been studied in the form of 2858 works on the science website. The most documents published on the science website in the field of ethical leadership are magazine articles with 1848 documents. The study of the growth trend of scientific productions in the field of ethical leadership shows the significant growth of studies in the last ten years, so that the most outputs of this field were published in 2023. The words "ethical leadership", "transformational leadership", "commitment", " have the highest degree and the highest density related to cluster 6 Ethical leadership standards. Conclusion: The results of the study showed that the studies of ethical leadership in the global dimension in the Web of Science database include 22 clusters: types of leadership styles, ethical leadership, dimensions of leadership, psychology and creativity, efficient leadership, standards of ethical leadership, characteristics of ethical leadership, Spiritual leadership and culture, sharing knowledge and performing duties, organizational trust, ethical management,..employee performance..

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