Gender issues in family business research: A bibliometric scoping review

Abstract

Purpose – The current review aims to examine the growth trajectory, most influential documents, intellectualand conceptual structure of the literature regarding gender issues in family business research.Design/methodology/approach – The bibliometric analysis was performed using 224 documents from1991 to 2020 extracted from the Web of Science database.Findings – The review finds that this field’s knowledge grew exponentially during the last three decades,mainly after 2003 and the last several years. Based on the co-citation analysis, three major research lines areidentified: “Women’s challenges and opportunities in the family business”, “Gender diversity in the familybusiness corporate board”, and “Gender and family SMEs management.” The temporal co-word analysisreveals that “Gender diversity in the family business corporate board” is the latest research line.Originality/value – By reviewing prominent cited references and documents that cited them, the authorsprovide the landscapes and research gaps of three major research lines for further development

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