The Road to the Future: A Multi-Technique Bibliometric Review and Development Projections of the Leader–Member Exchange (LMX) Research

MaruÅ¡a Premru, Matej ÄŒerne and SaÅ¡a BatistiÄ

SAGE Open, 2022, vol. 12, issue 2, 21582440221097688

Abstract: This study examines the evolution of leader–member exchange (LMX) research. We apply bibliometrics to analyze the extant literature published from the beginning of the construct development, complementing existing qualitative and meta-analytic reviews of the LMX field. We use a combination of three bibliometric techniques—document co-citation analysis, co-word analysis, and bibliographic coupling. Our approach enables us to identify the most influential topics, determine the underlying structure and development of the field by interpreting bibliometric results against the backdrop of the invisible colleges framework, as well as detect emerging topics. We conclude by providing important theoretical and methodological implications, suggesting the emergence of new sub-fields and future opportunities for new connections among specific existing sub-streams of LMX, leadership, and management research.

Keywords: leader–member exchange; bibliometric analysis; co-citation analysis; bibliographic coupling; invisible colleges framework (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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