Social Capital, Human Capital, and Sustainability: A Bibliometric and Visualization Analysis

Fernando J. Garrigos-Simon, M. Dolores Botella-Carrubi and Tomas F. Gonzalez-Cruz
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Fernando J. Garrigos-Simon: Departamento de Organización de Empresas, Universitat Politècnica de València, 46022 Valencia, Spain
M. Dolores Botella-Carrubi: INEDE Business School, Catholic University of Valencia ‘San Vicente Martir’, 46008 Valencia, Spain
Tomas F. Gonzalez-Cruz: Business Department, University of Valencia, 46022 Valencia, Spain

Sustainability, 2018, vol. 10, issue 12, 1-19

Abstract: Academic interest in social and human capital is growing significantly. Similarly, their relationship with sustainability is increasing, especially compared to sustainability’s relationship with natural capital and financial and economic capital. Bibliometric and visualization research on these relationships is nonetheless insufficient. This study analyzes the evolution of the literature on natural capital, financial and economic capital, and social and human capital related to sustainability. On the other hand, the study presents a bibliometric analysis on social capital and human capital (SHC) related to sustainability. The article studies 635 references collected from the Web of Science (WoS) Core Collection database and utilizes visualization of similarities (VOS) viewer program to graphically map the material. The analysis involves co-occurrence of keywords, co-citation, and co-authorship. The results reveal not only the state of the art and the leading trends, but also the evolution regarding impact, main journals, documents, topics, authors, institutions, and countries. The study provides researchers and practitioners with a visual and schematic frame of the research on this topic.

Keywords: social capital; human capital; bibliometrics; visualization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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