過去50年外派研究智慧結構之發展－泛知識網絡觀點

Evolution of the Intellectual Structure of Expatriate Studies in the Last Five Decades: Perspective on the Invisible Network of Knowledge

王堂亭(Tang-Ting Wang)

指導教授 ： 李元墩 ； 李元德

長榮大學/管理學院/經營管理研究所(博)/博士(2011年)

https://doi.org/10.6833/CJCU.2011.00132

摘要

本研究之目的為提出一個泛知識網絡理論並探索過去50年內含在外派研究文獻知識結構之發展。研究方法係採用書目計量學，標籤雲，多變量分析和社會網絡分析技術，主要以1959年至2008年發表在SCI 與SSCI期刊有關外派研究議題的研究文獻為對象，總計分析840篇文獻及22,487筆參考文獻資料。本研究將過去50年外派研究分成三個階段，分別是初創期（1959-1989）、形成期（1990-1999）及發展期（2000-2008）。研究結果顯示當代外派研究呈現六個主要研究趨勢：外派人員在工作上的福利、離職率、職涯管理、績效、女性外派人員與全球任用；未來在外派領域的研究將持續上述之研究趨勢，特別是跨文化管理、全球化管理與全球化經理人應扮演之角色。本研究提出一個可以讓學術界及實務界更了解外派研究發展趨勢之方法；此方法可描繪出外派研究領域的智慧結構及闡明其研究領域的發展及變化。

關鍵字

外派管理 ； 智慧結構 ； 泛知識網絡 ； 書目計量學 ； 社會網絡分析

並列摘要

The purpose of this study is to identify the evolution of the intellectual structure of expatriate studies and to propose a theory of an invisible network of knowledge. Bibliometric techniques, tag cloud analysis, multivariate analysis, and social network analysis were used to trace the development path of expatriate research. By analyzing 22,487 citations of 840 articles published in SCI and SSCI journals in the expatriate field between 1959 and 2008, this study maps the intellectual structure of expatriate studies. This study divided the development of research on expatriate management into three stages: initializing stage (1959–1989), forming stage (1990–1999), and development stage (2000–2008). The results of this study suggest that contemporary expatriate research is organized into six different concentrations of interest: expatriate well-being at work, expatriate turnover rates, expatriate careers, expatriate performance and effectiveness, women expatriates, and global staffing. Future expatriate studies will probably continue to center on these topics; specifically, studies on cross-cultural adjustment, global management, and the role of global managers. The results help to profile the invisible network of knowledge production in expatriate studies and provide important insights and implications with regard to current and future research paradigms for management scholars and practitioners.

並列關鍵字

Expatriate Management ； Intellectual Structure ； Invisible Network of Knowledge ； Bibliometric Techniques ； Social Network Analysis

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