Abstract:

The growth and complexity of organizations make it necessary for organizational management to have knowledge in every field. In order for organizations to continue this process in the right way, they need to employ experts and adequate people in all units, especially in managerial areas. However, this situation brings along various problems. The agency theory developed in this context discusses such problems. Within the scope of this study, in order to examine the agency theory in a rigorous manner, the studies in the Web of Science database between 2013 and 2022 were examined by bibliometric analysis method. Within the scope of the research, 1573 articles were analyzed by bibliometric analysis. It has been observed that the importance of agency theory has increased with the development of modern organizational structures and that agency theory has been examined more by associating it with many concepts within the scope of the study. It is thought that the findings obtained in the study will provide a strong basis for researchers who will conduct studies on agency theory in the future. The study is limited to the period of data evaluation and only the articles in the field of business and management in the Web of Science database.

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