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Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management research

Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management is a subfield of Business, Management and Accounting. Science Explorer counts 420k research works in it since 1950. 20.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

In short: study of human behavior in organizational settings.

Research works
420k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
87k
per year above
Top-10% rate
20.7%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Topics
30
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+37%
the tick is no change

What is Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management research about, and what is growing?

By the world's output in 2019–23, its most used keywords are Leadership, Job Satisfaction, Psychological Capital, Human Resource Management, Organizational Performance, Employee Performance. Gaining share since 2009–13: Innovation Capability, Skills, Employee Performance, Consumer Behavior, Marketing Research. Losing share: Organizational Learning, Communication, Referral, Multinational Enterprises.

▲ gaining share of this field◆ holding its share▼ losing share

Size is the world's fractional works in 2019–23 in the topics tagged with each word; colour compares the word's share of this field with 2009–13. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Leadership48k▲ 1.52×12 topics
  2. Job Satisfaction29k▲ 2.6×2 topics
  3. Psychological Capital29k▲ 2.6×2 topics
  4. Human Resource Management25k▲ 1.78×4 topics
  5. Organizational Performance22k▲ 2.4×4 topics
  6. Employee Performance22k▲ 16×2 topics
  7. Customer Satisfaction21k▲ 1.19×2 topics
  8. Organizational Culture18k▲ 1.75×5 topics
  9. Organizational Behavior16k◆ 1.15×2 topics
  10. Job Demands-Resources Model15k▲ 1.39×1 topic
  11. Work Engagement15k▲ 1.39×1 topic
  12. Innovation Capability14k▲ 31×1 topic
  13. Skills14k▲ 31×1 topic
  14. Perceived Value14k▼ 0.81×1 topic
  15. Service Quality14k▼ 0.81×1 topic
  16. Entrepreneurship13k▲ 1.41×5 topics
  17. Innovation13k◆ 1.13×4 topics
  18. Organizational Change12k▼ 0.81×6 topics
  19. Succession Planning11k▼ 0.84×2 topics
  20. Corporate Political Activity9,214▲ 1.22×1 topic
  21. Non-Communicable Diseases9,214▲ 1.22×1 topic
  22. Institutional Entrepreneurship7,768▼ 0.78×1 topic
  23. Institutional Theory7,768▼ 0.78×1 topic
  24. Employee Engagement7,577▼ 0.84×2 topics
  25. Consumer Behavior7,449▲ 8.2×1 topic
  26. Marketing Research7,449▲ 8.2×1 topic
  27. Knowledge Management7,383▲ 1.22×4 topics
  28. Multinational Enterprises7,186▼ 0.70×2 topics
  29. Family Firms6,881◆ 0.98×1 topic
  30. Socioemotional Wealth6,881◆ 0.98×1 topic
  31. Competitiveness6,584▲ 1.48×2 topics
  32. Talent Management6,306▼ 0.85×2 topics
  33. Global4,592▼ 0.70×1 topic
  34. HR4,592▼ 0.70×1 topic
  35. Strategic Management4,329▲ 6.6×1 topic
  36. Teacher Training4,329▲ 6.6×1 topic
  37. Communication3,949▼ 0.66×1 topic
  38. Referral3,949▼ 0.66×1 topic
  39. Digital Transformation3,386▲ 1.20×2 topics
  40. Organizational Learning3,374▼ 0.48×2 topics

Which countries lead Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management research?

On research quality in 2022–2025, the United States, China and the United Kingdom rank highest in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management. By volume, Indonesia and the United States publish the most (28k and 9.5k works in 2022–2025).

By research quality, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States · #1 all time 21.6% top 10% · 9.5k works
  2. 2 China · #3 all time 28.8% top 10% · 6.5k works
  3. 3 United Kingdom · #2 all time 26.2% top 10% · 3.8k works
  4. 4 India · #8 all time 20.2% top 10% · 4.9k works
  5. 5 Indonesia · #9 all time 5.8% top 10% · 28k works
  6. 6 Australia · #4 all time 32.1% top 10% · 1.8k works
  7. 7 Germany · #6 all time 12.2% top 10% · 5.5k works
  8. 8 Italy · #11 all time 31.2% top 10% · 1.2k works
  9. 9 Spain · #10 all time 20.9% top 10% · 2k works
  10. 10 Malaysia · #15 all time 21.0% top 10% · 1.7k works

The track on each row is that row’s top-10% rate. The ranking itself is the composite score, which the rate is only one part of.

Of 62 countries ranked in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management. Composite of field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%); the bracket is the all-time rank.

All countries ranked in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Indonesia 28k works
  2. 2 United States 9.5k works
  3. 3 China 6.5k works
  4. 4 Germany 5.5k works
  5. 5 India 4.9k works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 3.8k works
  7. 7 Türkiye 2.6k works
  8. 8 Spain 2k works
  9. 9 Australia 1.8k works
  10. 10 Malaysia 1.7k works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

Indonesia: 41.9%United States: 14.4%China: 9.9%Germany: 8.3%6 others listed: 25.6%42%largest
Indonesia28k · 41.9%United States9,497 · 14.4%China6,513 · 9.9%Germany5,458 · 8.3%6 others listed17k · 25.6%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management research?

Universitas Patria Artha (Indonesia) ranks first in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management on research quality in 2022–2025, followed by Hong Kong Polytechnic University and University of Johannesburg.

By research quality, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Universitas Patria Artha Indonesia · Makassar 4.4% top 10% · 1.4k works
  2. 2 Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong · Hong Kong · #8 all time 46.5% top 10% · 94 works
  3. 3 University of Johannesburg South Africa · Johannesburg 35.3% top 10% · 135 works
  4. 4 Copenhagen Business School Denmark · Copenhagen · #13 all time 27.1% top 10% · 163 works
  5. 5 Erasmus University Rotterdam Netherlands · Rotterdam · #1 all time 39.5% top 10% · 92 works
  6. 6 Monash University Australia · Melbourne · #20 all time 40.6% top 10% · 79 works
  7. 7 Deakin University Australia · Burwood · #62 all time 41.8% top 10% · 68 works
  8. 8 Renmin University of China China · Beijing 33.3% top 10% · 116 works
  9. 9 Sichuan University China · Chengdu 38.6% top 10% · 75 works
  10. 10 Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Netherlands · Amsterdam · #47 all time 35.3% top 10% · 87 works

The track on each row is that row’s top-10% rate. The ranking itself is the composite score, which the rate is only one part of.

Of 229 institutions above the floor of 40 fractional works in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management.

Top 100 Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management institutions

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Universitas Patria ArthaIndonesia 1.4k works
  2. 2 Universitas PamulangIndonesia 586 works
  3. 3 Universitas Informatika dan Bisnis IndonesiaIndonesia 419 works
  4. 4 University of Pembangunan Nasional Veteran Jawa TimurIndonesia 349 works
  5. 5 Mercu Buana UniversityIndonesia 344 works
  6. 6 Universitas TrisaktiIndonesia 337 works
  7. 7 Universitas Nusa BangsaIndonesia 330 works
  8. 8 Universitas Muhammadiyah SidoarjoIndonesia 330 works
  9. 9 Universidad César VallejoPeru 303 works
  10. 10 University of BrawijayaIndonesia 302 works

Who are the leading researchers in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management?

Among the most productive authors in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Michael E. Porter, Christopher J L Murray and Zulfiqar A Bhutta rank highest on the composite score.

  1. 1 Michael E. Porter United States · #19 worldwide 4.7k citations · 226 works
  2. 2 Christopher J L Murray United States · #23 worldwide 13k citations · 158 works
  3. 3 Zulfiqar A Bhutta Pakistan · #29 worldwide 7k citations · 258 works
  4. 4 Paulo A. Lotufo Brazil · #50 worldwide 7.2k citations · 153 works
  5. 5 Azeem Majeed United Kingdom · #51 worldwide 6k citations · 151 works
  6. 6 Niklas Luhmann Germany · #53 worldwide 2.3k citations · 277 works
  7. 7 Juan Ramón De La Fuente Mexico · #61 worldwide 1.5k citations · 228 works
  8. 8 Nelson Alvis‐Guzmán Colombia · #62 worldwide 7.7k citations · 138 works
  9. 9 Herbert A. Simon United States · #65 worldwide 4.2k citations · 188 works
  10. 10 Mika Kivimäki United Kingdom · #69 worldwide 6.7k citations · 266 works

Re-ranked on the composite score from the 4,469 highest-output authors in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management. Identities come from OpenAlex author disambiguation, which occasionally merges or splits people.

Top 100 Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management researchers

Where is Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management research done?

The largest centres of Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management research in 2022–2025 are Jakarta (Indonesia), Makassar (Indonesia), Bandung (Indonesia) and Surabaya (Indonesia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Bergisch Gladbach, Riedlingen and Vallendar.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Jakarta Indonesia 4.2k works
  2. 2 Makassar Indonesia 2.3k works
  3. 3 Bandung Indonesia 1.9k works
  4. 4 Surabaya Indonesia 1.7k works
  5. 5 Medan Indonesia 1.7k works
  6. 6 Beijing China 1.2k works
  7. 7 Yogyakarta Indonesia 1k works
  8. 8 Semarang Indonesia 971 works
  9. 9 Tangerang Indonesia 964 works
  10. 10 London United Kingdom 960 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Bergisch GladbachDE · 23.0 works25×
  2. RiedlingenDE · 21.7 works24×
  3. VallendarDE · 39.1 works20×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management than the world average.

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Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management research by country

The best places for Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management research inside each country, with that country's researchers and world standing.

Where is the best place to study Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management?

Among universities, judged by research, Universitas Patria Artha, University of Business and Technology and Universitas Pamulang score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%60%mean 20.81%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Universitas Patria Artha: 1,353, 4.4%University of Business and Technology: 51, 48.4%Universitas Pamulang: 586, 5.1%Mercu Buana University: 344, 7.4%Universitas Esa Unggul: 238, 11.1%Universitas Informatika dan Bisnis Indonesia: 419, 4.6%University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City: 52, 37.6%Copenhagen Business School: 163, 27.1%HEC Montréal: 65, 33.8%BI Norwegian Business School: 45, 28.6%University of Busine…Mercu Buana UniversityUniversitas PamulangUniversitas Patria A…
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Universitas Patria ArthaIndonesia 62.34.4%17.4×1,353 +1273.3%
2 University of Business and TechnologySaudi Arabia 61.748.4%5.5×51 +127.7%
3 Universitas PamulangIndonesia 57.75.1%14.8×586 +9907.1%
4 Mercu Buana UniversityIndonesia 56.47.4%10.1×344 +3636.3%
5 Universitas Esa UnggulIndonesia 56.111.1%10.1×238 +1284.3%
6 Universitas Informatika dan Bisnis IndonesiaIndonesia 55.64.6%11.9×419 +324.0%
7 University of Economics Ho Chi Minh CityVietnam 55.237.6%6.8×52 +166.1%
8 Copenhagen Business SchoolDenmark 54.927.1%10.1×163 +7.1%
9 HEC MontréalCanada 54.633.8%13.4×65 -2.7%
10 BI Norwegian Business SchoolNorway 51.128.6%11.1×45 +11.3%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 37% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Employee Performance and Leadership, Employee Performance and Motivation and Educational and Organizational Development.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

  1. Employee Performance and Leadership+11565%
  2. Employee Performance and Motivation+2894%
  3. Educational and Organizational Development+1193%
  4. Corporate Management and Leadership+417%
  5. Law, Ethics, and AI Impact+292%
  6. Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior+231%
  7. Organizational Downsizing and Restructuring-7%
  8. Management Theory and Practice-28%
  9. Safety and Risk Management-77%
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Growth in output from 2005–09 to 2015–19. Every topic is a page of its own.

What does Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management include?

Customer Service Quality and Loyalty: 52k fractional worksJob Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior: 48k fractional worksManagement and Organizat…35kManagement and Organizational Studies: 35k fractional worksGlobal Public Health Pol…32kGlobal Public Health Policies and Epidemiology: 32k fractional worksEmployee Performance and Leadership: 26k fractional worksFamily Business Performance and Succession: 24k fractional worksHealthcare Systems and Technology: 21k fractional worksHuman Resource and Talent Management: 21k fractional worksSafety and Risk Management: 19k fractional worksEmployee Performance and Motivation: 18k fractional worksOrganizational Learning and Leadership: 13k fractional worksCorporate Law and Human Rights: 12k fractional works

Area is fractional works in that topic. Every name below is a page of its own.