Twenty years of gender equality research: A scoping review based on a new semantic indicator.

ABSTRACT: Gender equality is a major problem that places women at a disadvantage thereby stymieing economic growth and societal advancement. In the last two decades, extensive research has been conducted on gender related issues, studying both their antecedents and consequences. However, existing literature reviews fail to provide a comprehensive and clear picture of what has been studied so far, which could guide scholars in their future research. Our paper offers a scoping review of a large portion of the research that has been published over the last 22 years, on gender equality and related issues, with a specific focus on business and economics studies. Combining innovative methods drawn from both network analysis and text mining, we provide a synthesis of 15,465 scientific articles. We identify

SUBMITTER: Belingheri P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8454943 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature