Organizational learning capability research has been gaining more attention.
OBJECTIVE:
Specifically, this paper examines annual trend publication, active journals, authors, institutions, nations, keywords, citation pattern and top cited articles over the past 45 years. It decides the frequent organizational learning capability topics and highlights future research directions.
METHODS:
A bibliometric was performed on 149 papers published between 1978–2023 from the Scopus database. A content analysis was also performed.
RESULTS:
Publication trends have exhibited growth over time. Learning Organization and Industrial Marketing Management are two key journals that publish organizational learning capability. Publications are contributed by Chiva, R. and Alerge, J. Universidad Jaume I and Universitat de València are the two main institutions that exert the influence over the publication. Spain has been contributing more publications. Citations pattern analysis revealed 158.78 citations per year and 7145 citations for 149 papers. Sixthly, publications use keywords such as “organizational learning”, “innovation”. Both highly cited articles accumulated 442 citations.
CONCLUSIONS:
The findings are useful for policy-makers seeking reference and evidence to guide them in designing organizational learning capability policies, implementing management actions and programs.
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