The social representation theory in Brazilian organizational studies: a bibliometric analysis from 2001 to 2014

• Autor(a) principal: Martins-Silva, Priscilla de Oliveira
• Data de Publicação: 2016
• Outros Autores: Silva Junior, Annor da, Peroni, Guilherme Gustavo Holz, Medeiros, Carolina Porto de, Vitória, Nádia Ortolan da
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng; por
• Título da fonte: Cadernos EBAPE.BR
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.fgv.br/cadernosebape/article/view/55900
• topic: Organizational Studies; Social Representation Theory; Social Representation; Estudios Organizacionales; Teoría de las Representaciones Sociales; Representaciones Sociales; Estudos Organizacionais; Teoria das Representações Sociais; Representações Sociais

The social representation theory (SRT) proposed by Serge Moscovici in the 1960s has gone through a process of growth and expansion, ceasing to be a body of knowledge in the social psychology field to reach various fields and areas of knowledge. This article aims to show the results of a bibliometric survey on the literature concerning the use of the SRT in the field of organizational studies (OS), within the period from 2001 to 2014. We analyzed papers in scientific events organized by the Brazilian National Association of Graduate Programs in Administration (ANPAD) and in Brazilian journals classified as levels A1, A2, and B1 by Qualis Capes, in the areas of Administration, Accounting, and Tourism, and which are related to the OS. We identified 90 articles, out of which 67 were published in 7 scientific events (out of a total of 27 editions), and 23 were published in 6 journals. Out of this total, 83 have a theoretical and empirical nature, and only 7 are exclusively theoretical. The bibliometric survey allowed us to ascertain that the use of the SRT in OS is still incipient, and that, in the articles addressed, authors used the SRT in a superficial manner, without exploring the potential provided by this theory for the understanding of social phenomena. In addition, we managed to observe some theoretical and methodological inconsistencies concerning the use of the SRT in the texts under analysis, of which it is worth highlighting the mistaken approach to representational objects, the reductionist adaptation of the concept of social representation (SR), and the use of the SRT as a research method. As a contribution, we point out the need for evolution and maturation of the SRT in the OS, both in quantitative and qualitative terms.