Published Online:October 2024
Product Name:The IUP Journal of Organizational Behavior
Product Type:Article
Product Code:IJOB031024
Author Name:Miral Jani, Nirav M and Sushil Chaurasia
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Subject/Domain:Management
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Pages:29
This study explores the evolution of workforce agility through a bibliometric analysis of 1,207 articles published between 1990 and 2022. It traces the shift from early research focused on manufacturing agility to contemporary studies that emphasize human capital, organizational learning, stakeholder and people perspective and innovation. Using co-citation analysis and thematic mapping, the study identifies key emerging themes such as HRM, cross-training, and leadership’s role in fostering agility. Clustering in both co-citation and bibliographic coupling analysis provides a more comprehensive view of the intellectual structure and thematic evolution of workforce agility research. The findings highlight the growing importance of aligning IT capabilities, business processes, and organizational culture to enable workforce agility. The study contributes to the literature by uncovering under-researched areas and offering insights for future empirical works to better understand how workforce agility impacts organi
Organizational agility consists of a combination of strategies, technology and people. In this endeavor, the study looks to trace the evolution of workforce agility. Organizations today, function within a dynamic environment globally. Given this fact, the one mode to attain novel outcomes is to bring about regular changes through innovation (Paul et al., 2015)