 The agility construct in the literature: Conceptualization and bibliometric assessmentCelso R.A. Pinho, Maria Luiza C.A. Pinho, Seyda Z. Deligonul and S. Tamer Cavusgil Journal of Business Research, 2022, vol. 153, issue C, 517-532 Abstract: Surprisingly, a concept as popular as agility has appeared carelessly in research streams. The literature abounds with studies where authors present their work without adequately defining the concept and leaving its interpretation to the reader. The agility construct also shows up with scales and measurements borrowed from other studies without any justification and adjustment regarding the study's scope, content, and boundary. To analyze the coherence of the notion of agility, we review the scholarly work of the past three decades and examine the literature for theory-based use of the concept. Our work provides sense-making of the concept of agility and its place in five different theoretical perspectives. Using various techniques, we review some 476 articles to assess agility's conceptual and evolutionary advancement. We conclude with several avenues for future research. Keywords: Agility; Strategic change; Theoretical development; Conceptual evolution; Systematic literature review; Bibliometrics (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:jbrese:v:153:y:2022:i:c:p:517-532 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2022.08.011 Access Statistics for this article Journal of Business Research is currently edited by A. G. Woodside More articles in Journal of Business Research from Elsevier |
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