Mapping the themes and intellectual structure of corporate university: co-citation and cluster analyses

Abstract

Corporate university is a unique form of educational arrangement to accomplish an organization’s goals by building the intellectual capital of its employees. In the academia, it is a relatively new concept that gained foothold during the 1990s. While it is a fertile area of research with several works unravelling its diverse aspects, only a few studies have delved into building the knowledge blocks of the concept of corporate university. Therefore, this study aims at investigating the major clusters of corporate universities obtained from the extant literature. In this study, 207 pertinent articles were retrieved from Scopus, an online electronic database. Post this, co-citation and citation analysis was performed on the 207 articles and a co-citation matrix was formulated to enlist the clusters of corporate universities. Subsequently, multi-dimensional scaling and cluster analysis techniques were used to extract the essential clusters of corporate university. Finally, five major clusters emerged: (1) corporate university as a source of competitive advantage, (2) corporate university as a layered concept, (3) reimagining corporate university through technology, (4) corporate universities: paradigms and models and (5) corporate university: performance metrics. Results of this study can act as leading insights for future studies and practitioners.

Appendix: 76 high cited corporate university articles

No.	Authors	Title	Year	Cited by
v1	Dove R.	Knowledge management, response ability, and the agile enterprise	1999	116
v2	Homan G., MacPherson A.	E-learning in the corporate university	2005	41
v3	Zuber-Skerritt O.	A model of values and actions for personal knowledge management	2005	34
v4	Clarke T., Hermens A.	Corporate developments and strategic alliances in e-learning	2001	33
v5	Macpherson A., Homan G., Wilkinson K.	The implementation and use of e-learning in the corporate university	2005	28
v6	Blass E.	The rise and rise of the corporate university	2005	27
v7	El-Tannir A.A.	The corporate university model for continuous learning, training and development	2002	24
v8	Prince C., Stewart J.	Corporate universities—an analytical framework	2002	23
v9	Blass E.	What’s in a name? A comparative study of the traditional public university and the corporate university	2001	23
v10	Smith E.A.	Communities of competence: new resources in the workplace	2005	22
v11	Dealtry R.	Strategic directions in the management of the corporate university paradigm	2000	18
v12	Lui Abel A., Li J.	Exploring the corporate university phenomenon: development and implementation of a comprehensive survey	2012	17
v13	Walton J.	Would the real corporate university please stand up?	2005	17
v14	Jansink F., Kwakman K., Streumer J.	The knowledge-productive corporate university	2005	15
v15	Andresen M.A., Lichtenberger B.L.	The corporate university landscape in Germany	2007	13
v16	Morin L., Renaud S.	Participation in corporate university training: Its effect on individual job performance	2004	13
v17	Dealtry R.	Establishing a methodology for appraising the strategic potential of the corporate university	2000	13
v18	Meister J.C.	Ten steps to creating a corporate university	1998	13
v19	Arnone M.	Corporate universities: a viewpoint on the challenges and best practices	1998	13
v20	Trondsen E., Vickery K.	Learning on demand	1997	13
v21	Guerci M., Bartezzaghi E., Solari L.	Training evaluation in Italian corporate universities: a stakeholder-based analysis	2010	12
v22	Nagy J., Robb A.	Can universities be good corporate citizens?	2008	12
v23	Shaw S.	The corporate university: global or local phenomenon?	2005	12
v24	Dealtry R.	How to configure the corporate university for success	2001	12
v25	Lingham T., Richley B., Rezania D.	An evaluation system for training programs: A case study using a four-phase approach	2006	11
v26	Holland P., Pyman A.	Corporate universities: a catalyst for strategic human resource development?	2006	11
v27	Dealtry R.	Configuring the corporate university—managing a portfolio of thinking schools	2001	11
v28	Pietrykowski B.	Information technology and commercialization of knowledge: corporate universities and class dynamics in an era of technological restructuring	2001	10
v29	Crocetti C.	Corporate learning—a knowledge management perspective	2001	10
v30	Stumpf S.A.	Corporate universities of the future	1998	10
v31	Bober C.F., Bartlett K.R.	The utilization of training program evaluation in corporate universities	2004	9
v32	Dealtry R.	Case research into corporate university developments	2000	9
v33	Nevins M.D.	Teaching to learn and learning to teach: notes toward building a university in a management consulting firm	1998	9
v34	Antonelli G., Cappiello G., Pedrini G.	The corporate university in the European utility industries	2013	8
v35	Hilse H., Nicolai A.T.	Strategic learning in Germany’s largest companies: empirical evidence on the role of corporate universities within strategy processes	2004	8
v36	Eccles G.	Marketing the corporate university or enterprise academy	2004	8
v37	Campbell I., Dealtry R.	The new generation of corporate universities—co-creating sustainable enterprise and business development solutions	2003	8
v38	Roy M.H., Elfner E.	Analyzing student satisfaction with instructional technology techniques	2002	8
v39	Dealtry R.	Managing the issue of learning relevance in the formulation of corporate learning strategies	2002	8
v40	Wang G.G., Li J., Qiao X., Sun J.Y.	Understanding the corporate university phenomenon: a human capital theory perspective	2010	7
v41	Clinton M.S., Merritt K.L., Murray S.R.	Using corporate universities to failitate knowledge transfer and achieve competitive advantage: an exploratory model based on media richness and type of knowledge to be transferred	2009	7
v42	Dealtry R.	Issues relating to learning accreditation in corporate university management	2003	7
v43	Dealtry R.	Managing the corporate university learning curve	2002	7
v44	Alagaraja M., Li J.	Utilizing institutional perspectives to investigate the emergence, rise, and (relative) decline of corporate universities	2015	6
v45	Dealtry R.	Achieving integrated performance management with the corporate university	2005	6
v46	Dealtry R.	Case research into the evolution of a corporate university development process	2000	6
v47	Sandelands E.	Developing a robust model of the virtual corporate university	1997	6
v48	Rhéaume L., Gardoni M.	The challenges facing corporate universities in dealing with open innovation	2015	5
v49	Qiao J.X.	Corporate universities in China: processes, issues and challenges	2009	5
v50	Dealtry R.	Managing the corporate university watershed	2002	5
v51	Fulmer R.M., Gibbs P.A.	Lifelong learning at the corporate university	1998	5
v52	Ellis S.	Buckman Laboratories Learning Center	1997	5
v53	Matthews P.	Aqua Universitas	1997	5
v54	Sham C.	An exploratory study of corporate universities in China	2007	4
v55	Dealtry R.	Managing the transition to the corporate university—a synthesis of client research	2001	4
v56	Dealtry R.	Interim reflections on the corporate university and SME academy business development innovation and its diffusion	2008	3
v57	Prince C., Allison S.	Corporate university developments in the UK SME sector	2003	3
v58	Byrd M.D.	Back to the future for higher education Medieval universities	2001	3
v59	Parshakov P., Shakina E.A.	With or without CU: a comparative study of efficiency of European and Russian corporate universities	2018	2
v60	Dealtry R.D., Howard K.H.	Moving towards optimising demand-led learning: the 2005–2007 ECUANET Leonardo Da Vinci Project	2008	2
v61	Lenderman H., Sandelands E.	Breaking the educational glass ceiling: an interview with Harry Lenderman	2005	2
v62	Lenderman H., Sandelands E.	Learning for a purpose: building a corporate university	2002	2
v63	Patrucco A.S., Pellizzoni E., Buganza T.	The design process of corporate universities: a stakeholder approach	2017	1
v64	Alajoutsijärvi K., Kettunen K.	The “Dean’s Squeeze” revisited: a contextual approach	2016	1
v65	Ryan L., Prince C., Turner P.	The changing and developing role of the corporate university post-millennium	2015	1
v66	Li J., Abel A.L.	Prioritizing + maximizing: the impact of corporate universities	2011	1
v67	Selby L., Russell D.	Curriculum design and management in the Digital Media U. Applying the corporate university concept to a business sub-sector	2005	1
v68	Dealtry R.	The real-time corporate university becomes a reality	2002	1
v69	[No author name available]	Motorola adapts training to modern business demands	2002	1
v70	Doody K.J.	Implementing a corporate-university relations program	2001	1
v71	Ghomi H., Barzinpour F.	Identifying the success factors of knowledge management tools in research projects (case study: a corporate university)	2018	1
v72	Cappiello G., Pedrini G.	The performance evaluation of corporate universities	2017	1
v73	Scarso E.	Corporate universities as knowledge management tools	2017	1
v74	Farias V., Oliveira J., Souza J.	Knowledge management integrating organizational learning in a military context: the 3M model	2009	1
v75	[No author name available]	Corporate universities: graduating with honours?	2008	1
v76	[No author name available]	Corporate universities in Germany: implementing and developing the organization’s strategy through learning	2007	1
v77	Dealtry R., Settle D.	Integrating programme and process performance QA	2005	1