Yönetim Kurullarını Vekâlet Teorisi Perspektifiyle Ele Alan Araştırmaların Bibliyometrik Analizi

Abstract

Bu çalışmanın amacı, yönetim kurullarını vekâlet teorisi perspektifiyle irdeleyen akademik yazının gelişimi ve eğilimlerini ortaya koyarak yazına ve bu konuda araştırma yapmayı hedefleyen araştırmacılara katkıda bulunmaktır. Bu amaçla Scopus veri tabanında “agency theory”, “board of directors”, “board structure”, “board composition”, “board characteristic” ve “CEO duality” anahtar kelimeleri kullanılarak arama yapılmıştır. Arama sonucunda 1992-2022 yılları arasında işletme, yönetim ve muhasebe alanlarında yapılan toplamda 573 çalışma araştırma örneklemini oluşturmuştur. Bu örneklemden elde edilen veri seti RStudio programında yer alan “biblioshiny” uygulamasında analiz edilmiştir. Analiz sonuçları, alanın gelişiminin makaleler aracılığıyla gerçekleştiğini, en sık kullanılan anahtar kelimelerin ise “kurumsal yönetim”, “vekâlet teorisi” ve “yönetim kurulu” olduğunu ortaya koymuştur. Ayrıca araştırma sonuçları en çok atıf alan yayınların, yayınlandıkları dergileri en çok atıf yapılan dergiler listesinin başına yerleştirdiğine işaret etmektedir. Tematik harita ise, temsil teorisi ve kaynak bağımlılığı teorilerini vekâlet teorisi ile birleştiren araştırmalar mevcut olsa dâhi bu çabaların alanın gelişimi için sınırlı öneme sahip olduğunu ortaya koymuştur.

Keywords

• Vekâlet Kuramı
• Yönetim Kurulu Yapısı
• Bibliyometrik Analiz
• Biblioshiny.

Bibliometric Analysis of Researches Examining Board of Directors with Agency Theory Perspective

Abstract

The aim of this study is to reveal the development and trends of academic literature examining the board of directors with agency theory perspective, and thus to contribute to the literature and researchers who aim to do research on this subject. For this purpose, a search was conducted by using the keywords "agency theory", "board of directors", "board structure", "board composition", "board characteristic" and "CEO duality" in the Scopus database. As a result of the search, a total of 573 studies in business, management and accounting fields which were conducted between 1992-2022 constituted the research sample. The data set obtained from this sample was analyzed in “biblioshiny” application in the RStudio program. Analysis results reveal that the development of field is provided through articles, and the most frequently used keywords are "corporate governance", "agency theory" and "board of director". Also, the results indicate that the most cited publications put their journals at the top of the most cited journals list. Thematic map, on the other hand, reveals that even efforts to combine stewardship theory and resource dependence theory with agency theory have limited importance for the development of the field.

Keywords

• Agency Theory
• Board Structure
• Bibliometric Analysis
• Biblioshiny

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