TY - JOUR
T1 - System dynamics applications in performance measurement research
T2 - A systematic literature review
AU - Oladimeji, Olufunke Olufunmi
AU - Keathley-Herring, Heather
AU - Cross, Jennifer A.
N1 - Funding Information:
We would like to thank the reviewers and the editorial board for the insightful comments that helped improve our work. We would also like to thank Texas Tech University and the University of Central Florida for making this research possible through their support.
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2020/8/6
Y1 - 2020/8/6
N2 - Purpose: This study investigates system dynamics (SD) applications in performance measurement (PM) research and practice. A bibliometric analysis was conducted to investigate the maturity of this research area and identify opportunities for development. Design/methodology/approach: A systematic literature review (SLR) was conducted to provide a comprehensive and rigorous review of the existing literature. The search was conducted on 10 platforms identifying 97 publications, which were evaluated using bibliometric analysis. Findings: The analysis revealed that applications of SD are most commonly used in the PM system design phase to model organisational performance. In addition, the bibliometric results showed a highly dispersed author set, with most studies using exploratory methods, suggesting that the research is in a relatively early stage of development. The results also showed that over 50 per cent of the causal models were not validated, emphasizing an important methodological gap in this research area. Research limitations/implications: This SLR is limited to indexed publications on 10 platforms, the search strategy was relatively precise and only available papers in English language were used for the literature review. Practical implications: PM systems supported by SD can help managers understand and improve organisational behaviours by addressing dynamic complexities and relationship between variables. This study evaluates the maturity of this research area including information about the current development of this area and opportunities to build on existing knowledge. Originality/value: This study identifies how SD approaches are applied to PM and highlights areas that require further research consideration. This paper is the first of two publications to result from this study and focuses on evaluating the current state of this research area.
AB - Purpose: This study investigates system dynamics (SD) applications in performance measurement (PM) research and practice. A bibliometric analysis was conducted to investigate the maturity of this research area and identify opportunities for development. Design/methodology/approach: A systematic literature review (SLR) was conducted to provide a comprehensive and rigorous review of the existing literature. The search was conducted on 10 platforms identifying 97 publications, which were evaluated using bibliometric analysis. Findings: The analysis revealed that applications of SD are most commonly used in the PM system design phase to model organisational performance. In addition, the bibliometric results showed a highly dispersed author set, with most studies using exploratory methods, suggesting that the research is in a relatively early stage of development. The results also showed that over 50 per cent of the causal models were not validated, emphasizing an important methodological gap in this research area. Research limitations/implications: This SLR is limited to indexed publications on 10 platforms, the search strategy was relatively precise and only available papers in English language were used for the literature review. Practical implications: PM systems supported by SD can help managers understand and improve organisational behaviours by addressing dynamic complexities and relationship between variables. This study evaluates the maturity of this research area including information about the current development of this area and opportunities to build on existing knowledge. Originality/value: This study identifies how SD approaches are applied to PM and highlights areas that require further research consideration. This paper is the first of two publications to result from this study and focuses on evaluating the current state of this research area.
KW - Bibliometric analysis
KW - Performance measurement
KW - System dynamics
KW - Systematic literature review
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U2 - 10.1108/IJPPM-12-2018-0453
DO - 10.1108/IJPPM-12-2018-0453
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85083741241
VL - 69
SP - 1539
EP - 1576
JO - International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management
JF - International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management
SN - 1741-0401
IS - 7
ER -