Organizational Governance from the Clarivate Perspective

Purpose: Organizational governance encompasses the structures, processes, and methodologies employed by an organization to communicate, direct, organize, and control its activities. Serving as a mechanism for knowledge integration and sharing, organizational governance establishes channels for disseminating knowledge, fostering cooperation among members, and empowering individuals to create, acquire, and share knowledge. It involves leveraging appropriate technologies for storing, transferring, and sharing knowledge, along with continuous monitoring and evaluation of knowledge management processes. Building an organizational culture rooted in trust and knowledge sharing is essential, especially when individuals are willing to share their knowledge. Essentially, organizational governance plays a pivotal role in enhancing organizational excellence at all levels of the organization. It contributes to heightened productivity, efficiency, and effectiveness by promoting better organization, facilitating accurate communication, improving risk management, and providing enhanced access to human and financial resources through the application of effective governance methods. Successful organizational governance necessitates informed policy-making, and a thorough analysis of research in this domain can drive progress. Therefore, the purpose of this research is to analyze the trends in published scientific literature on organizational governance within the Clarivate Database.
Method: This applied research utilizes a descriptive method and a scientometric approach to analyze the trends in scientific publications on organizational governance within the Web of Science reference database. The statistical population comprises 249 scientific outputs published between 1981 and 2021 in the Clarivate Database. To assess publication and citation patterns concerning governance indicators—such as responsibility, political stability, effectiveness, supervisory quality, rule of law, and corruption control—global governance indicators are referenced. VOSviewer and Excel software are utilized for data analysis.
Findings: Analysis reveals an upward trend in scientific outputs related to organizational governance from 1981 to 2021, with a predominant focus on economics, public administration, and government. Notable authors include Philatoto, Leiblein, and Jackson, while countries such as the United States, England, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, and China, along with universities
like Stanford, the University of Illinois, the University of Arizona, the University of Georgia,
the University of Copenhagen, and Harvard University, are at the forefront of publishing outputs
on organizational governance. Top-performing countries in governance indicators include the Netherlands, Canada, Germany, the United Kingdom, Taiwan, France, the United States, Spain, Italy, and China. Co-authorship, co-referencing, and scientific collaboration are relatively limited and dispersed, with countries such as the United States, England, Malaysia, and Brazil exhibiting higher levels of interaction. Key topics in organizational governance include governance, management, innovation, systems, organizational and corporate performance, trust, networks, information technology, and collaboration. The study concludes that innovation and technology, particularly in effective
e-governance, play a crucial role in enhancing transparency, improving information accessibility,
and boosting overall organizational performance. They enhance management processes, including reporting and control, while fostering new channels for communication and collaboration among organizational members, resulting in accelerated progress.
The facilitation of governance processes has been shown to correlate with increased productivity, efficiency, and effectiveness. Notably, the research indicates a negative relationship between the number of documents and governance indicators, suggesting that fluctuations in scientific publication output influence corresponding changes in governance indicators. However, a strong positive correlation exists between citation rates and governance indicators across countries. This highlights the reciprocal relationship between scientific production and citation rates on governance indicators. It emphasizes that countries with strong governance performance often experience higher rates of publication and citation of scientific outputs.
Conclusion: In conclusion, analyzing scientific outputs in organizational governance can inform effective scientific policies, reveal new subject areas and research gaps, outline research directions, promote the generation of new knowledge, and encourage further research initiatives. Additionally, it fosters the anticipation of future scientific developments, identifies influential contributors in the scientific community, establishes improved connections and collaborations across various fields, and promotes overall scientific advancement in the area of organizational governance.