Bibliometric Review of Studies on Organizational and Administrative Dynamics in Higher Education

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to perform bibliometric reviews of studies on organizational and administrative dynamics in higher education. A bibliometric review including 22139 studies published in journals indexed in Scopus between 1960 and 2020 was conducted. PRISMA was used to identify and select the studies in the sample. Data was analyzed using Scopus Analytic Tools, Excel functions, Tableau, and VOSviewer. There was an upward trend in the amount of the documents from 1960 to 2020. “Higher Education” was found the most influential journal on organizational and administrative dynamics in this period. Intellectual structure of knowledge base was based mainly on managerial issues, organizational issues, student outcomes, and sustainability. Further, limitations, interpretation, implications, as well as the recommendations were made based on the emerged findings of the present research.

Keywords

• bibliometric review
• higher education
• sustainability
• leadership
• student retention