Purpose

In recent years, scientific research on humanistic perspectives and their impact on management has grown exponentially. This study aims to explore the overview and its essential features of humanism management and its precursors (i.e., humanism). Bibliometric findings on the advent and current developmental patterns of humanistic management publications are described.

Design/methodology/approach

Terminology confusions (e.g. humanism philosophy vs humanistic management) are identified and addressed in bibliometric analyses using the 160 peer-reviewed articles on humanism in management for the duration between 2000 and 2020. Four metrics such as citation analysis, co-citations, bibliographic coupling and keywords co-occurrences are measured.

Findings

This study presents a new methodological approach by identifying the most significant authors, articles and journals and determining the three thematic clusters, such as empirical humanism research, humanistic in practice and humanism philosophy.

Originality/value

While humanistic business management is a discipline in its infancy, the attention of management researchers has expanded considerably in recent years as numerous literature streams emerge. The three keywords that appeared the most in the analysis are human (18), humanistic (17), and human dignity (16), and these keywords seem to consist mainly of three thematic clusters. Studies on humanistic management have progressed from an earlier focus on philosophy subjects (oldest keywords) to more practical studies on humanistic management, leadership, and dignity.

中文翻译：

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人文管理的出现与发展的文献计量学分析

目的

近年来，关于人文视角及其对管理影响的科学研究呈指数级增长。本研究旨在探讨人文主义管理及其前身（即人文主义）的概述及其基本特征。描述了关于人文管理出版物的出现和当前发展模式的文献计量研究结果。

设计/方法/方法

使用 2000 年至 2020 年期间管理中的人文主义的 160 篇同行评审文章，在文献计量分析中识别并解决术语混淆（例如人文主义哲学与人文主义管理）。四个指标，如引文分析、共引、书目耦合和测量关键字共现。

发现

本研究通过确定最重要的作者、文章和期刊并确定三个主题集群，如实证人文主义研究、实践中的人文主义和人文主义哲学，提出了一种新的方法论方法。

原创性/价值

虽然人文企业管理是一门处于起步阶段的学科，但近年来随着大量文献流的出现，管理研究人员的注意力已经大大扩大。分析中出现次数最多的三个关键词是human（18）、humanistic（17）和humanity（16），这些关键词似乎主要由三个主题集群组成。人文管理研究已经从早期关注哲学学科（最古老的关键词）发展到更实用的人文管理、领导力和尊严研究。