Sustainability has been the subject of an intense debate in the academic literature. The concern on sustainability is associated with the way managers run companies, as well as the behavior of worldwide societies towards sustainable practices or actions. It involves an actual relationship among government, markets, corporations and sustainability, in which government exerts a major role, by the regulations and provisions of environmental standards. This study aims to identify the current academic literature on sustainability, as a topic in management and business research, using bibliometric analysis, in order to gather insight into such a body of knowledge, as well as to investigate which topics are associated with this subject and considered as the most relevant ones. Data analysis involved both qualitative and quantitative approaches. In terms of qualitative research, subjects were dealt with aspects regarding their content, keywords and subject relevance. Concerning quantitative data, the following variables were adopted: total number of publications, authors, subject areas, document sources, titles, publishing years, institutions, languages and countries. The methodology in this paper involves extracting data from the ISI web of science, description of predominant journals and their impact factor are also mentioned, by checking those at Journal Citation Report (JCR). It is possible to verify the most prolific authors and their impact, as well as the frequency the researched articles have been cited. Finally, deriving from such analyses, conclusions and research opportunities for further studies are displayed.
Abstract:The use of electronic technologies (e-technologies) in educational process gains a significant approach on the academic debate from the 1990's on. The discussion of such topic intensifies specially with Internet phenomenon, besides the rising of a globalized access to electronic technologies and the need of both educators and researchers to understand the relationship of such technologies in the process of learning. This article aims to analyze the current status of studies about technologies as a didactic tool, by the use of bibliometric analysis, in ordter to get an overview of the studies published in the period 1995 to 2015, as well as to verify how other topics has been associated and how relevant they can be considered to global studies concerning the relationship between technology and education. The analysis involves both qualitative and quantitative data. It is important to state that in terms of qualitative approach the aspects surrounding technology and didactic tools were carried out using the procedures of content analysis, key words and relevant topics. As far as quantitative approach, the following variables were adopted: authors, source, total number of publications, publication year, main institutions, languages and countries. All the information was obtained by consulting the electronic database ISI Web of Science, selecting the main journals, as well as their impact factor index, by searching at Journal of Citation Report (JCR). The methodology used in this article implies the data obtained from ISI Web of Science, showing the most cited journals and most prolific authors, as a way to analyze the trends of research and avenues for future studies. INTRODUCTIONThe reflection on the topic of education currently demands the analysis of subjects referring to globalization and its technological contributions. The phenomenon of globalization can be understood at first in the context of the global market; however, it can also be analyzed in the sphere of generating and sharing both information and knowledge. In this sense, new electronic technologies have enabled significant changes in terms of information and knowledge management in society as a whole. This happens mainly because information, which in the past used to require a great deal of time to be collected, analyzed, transmitted and shared by people, communities, organizations, countries etc. Today information can be easily accessed and shared in real time.The rise of accessibility to such new technologies in society has occurred in an intense way, both in qualitative and quantitative aspects, aiming the increase in diverse knowledge areas, especially because such kind of technology enables fast spread of information and knowledge, what renders an interdisciplinary approach on the set of information produced by an individual or in a group context.After the globalization advent, societies have earned each more for information and knowledge and this fact proves that information management has become very important for such societies in ...
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