Abstract:

We perform a systematic literature review on academic papers in Human Resources Management and Corporate Social Responsibility in ISI Current Contents. Based on 117 academic papers from 2001 to date, we perform content analysis in a grounded-theory methodological approach and map the field of Human Resources Management and Corporate Social Responsibility, identifying main schools of thought (invisible colleges) and main players. We see a tendency to increase publications from 2008 onwards. We identify key areas that developed in the latest years and “emerging areas”, emphasizing possible trends towards publications in this field in the incoming years. We point specialized international journals in this area (Business Ethics leads the game, at far distance). Results benefit researchers both in Corporate Social Responsibility as well as Human Resources Management that wish to strategically focus their research in order to maximize publication and impact. They also benefit entrepreneurs/practitioners that wish to understand the expected evolution of this field from an academic perspective, so as to subsequently develop more effective policies

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