Family business research has expanded rapidly over the past three decades, yet its theoretical core appears strikingly stable. This study provides a longitudinal bibliographic analysis of the field covering the period 1990–2025 to examine patterns of canonical consolidation and structural persistence. Integrating reference publication year spectroscopy (RPYS), document co-citation analysis (DCA), and affiliation–outlet overlays, we reconstruct the temporal accumulation, cognitive architecture, and institutional diffusion of dominant paradigms across three developmental phases. The analyses reveal a persistent dual canonical structure anchored in financial–governance foundations and the socioemotional wealth (SEW) perspective. Rather than being displaced by successive waves of novelty, these paradigms remain structurally central as the field expands, indicating a pattern of extension without substitution. A supplementary article-level validation further shows that greater thematic novelty is associated with lower reliance on the pre-existing canon, while canonical connection remains prevalent, indicating bounded permeability rather than abandonment. By triangulating citation rank persistence with normalized structural prominence and institutional concentration, the study distinguishes cumulative citation advantage from durable cognitive centrality. Methodologically, the paper demonstrates how multi-layered bibliometric techniques can be combined to diagnose endogenous dynamics of theoretical consolidation in maturing research domains. Conceptually, we interpret these patterns as evidence of canon path dependence—an interpretive framework that captures how cumulative recognition and institutional coordination stabilize shared evaluative reference structures over time. The study thus advances bibliographic research by showing how structural diagnostics can move beyond descriptive mapping toward explanation of knowledge stabilization processes.
This systematic literature review examines the fragmented field of corporate share pledging, synthesizing its determinants, managerial responses, and consequences within the Antecedents-Decisions-Outcomes (ADO) framework. Following PRISMA guidelines, we analyze 96 peer-reviewed articles from 19 Scopus-indexed journals spanning China, Taiwan, India, and the United States. The review reveals three cross-cutting patterns: institutional context determines whether pledging signals confidence or distress; governance mechanisms deter pledging entry but fail to constrain post-pledging opportunism; and firms strategically bifurcate stakeholder treatment along lines of external visibility. A pronounced methodological gradient characterizes the evidence base: 86
This study presents a comprehensive literature review of how resilience is conceptualized and studied in the fields of entrepreneurship and small business. It adopts a systematic literature review combined with bibliometric analysis to identify and integrate six distinct but interrelated strands of research. Based on this synthesis, we propose an integrative framework for resilience research in entrepreneurship and small business, situating the six research streams across three levels of analysis (individual, organizational, contextual) and three ontological positions of resilience (antecedent, process, outcome). Rather than assuming a single universal route, the proposed model provides a coherent and multidimensional structure that enables comparison of existing studies and enhances conceptual clarity. An emerging agenda for future research highlights a scarcity of cross-level models, empirical neglect of diverse resilience pathways, and a lack of geographical and institutional diversity in research contexts. Addressing these gaps requires more comparative and longitudinal research with greater methodological plurality. This review encourages the field to move beyond definitional debates towards questions of how, when, and at what level resilience is conceptualized, and how it is empirically captured across various contextual settings. Future research should focus on clear positioning within the matrix of ontological positions and levels of analysis, as well as adopting more comparative approaches and empirical depth. This will benefit the field more than continued emphasis on conceptual novelty.
The oil and gas (O G) industry faces significant risks across its supply chain. These include geopolitical, operational, and environmental challenges. Mitigating these risks is important to ensure safety, efficiency, and resilience in the global energy systems. This study conducts a systematic literature review of over 150 peer-reviewed articles published between 2011 and 2025 to examine how supply chain risks in the O G industry are identified, assessed, and mitigated. Following a transparent screening and selection process, a thematic analysis is applied to synthesize evidence on risk drivers, enabling capabilities, and mitigation strategies. The review addresses four research questions concerning dominant risk categories, mitigation practices, emerging technologies and methodologies, and firm-level responses to supply chain disruptions. The study’s main contribution is the development of an integrated risk mitigation framework that explains how enabling capabilities mediate between risk drivers and mitigation outcomes, offering both theoretical insights and practical guidance for risk management in the oil and gas supply chain (O GSC). The review proposes further empirical studies. It offers a foundation for developing more robust, context-specific mitigation frameworks.
Contemporary workplaces grapple with new challenges, such as digitalization, workplace diversity, and a growing preference for non-traditional work arrangements. Such evolving workplaces present unique demands that call for androgynous leadership, defined as a leadership style that blends stereotypically masculine (agentic, e.g., assertiveness) and feminine (communal, e.g., empathy) behaviors. As research on androgynous leadership remains fragmented under diverse theoretical perspectives and inconsistent empirical evidence, much of its potential remains underexplored. To address this gap, the scoping review is a timely and necessary attempt to broaden our understanding of the concept. Drawing on 85 articles selected through a systematic search of nine databases and a rigorous multi-step selection process, the study makes three potential contributions One, it provides a comprehensive overview of the extant research landscape to elaborate on outcomes, challenges, and coping behaviors associated with androgynous leadership behaviors. Second, it offers insights into why androgynous behaviors lead to both positive and negative outcomes. Finally, it identifies theoretical and methodological gaps through a critical examination of the reviewed literature and provides practical steps for organizations and leaders to foster androgynous leadership.
