A Global Bibliometric Evolution of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Research in the Public Sector

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{"abstract":"Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) is a pivotal concern across organizational and societal contexts. While private-sector DEI research often uses compliance, Corporate Social Responsibility, and ESG frameworks, the public sector emphasizes fairness, representation, and inclusive governance. This study addresses the limited systematic mapping of public-sector DEI scholarship by examining its intellectual foundations, thematic priorities, and emerging trends, and developing a forward-looking research agenda. A bibliometric analysis was conducted using two Scopus datasets (2000–2025) retrieved in September 2025: a general DEI dataset (1,808 records) and a public-sector DEI dataset (163 records), including only peer-reviewed journal articles and reviews in English. Descriptive statistics, co-citation, and co-word analyses were applied, using Biblioshiny and VOSviewer. The analysis revealed steady growth in general DEI scholarship, accelerating after 2020, while public-sector DEI research showed a later, more focused expansion. Co-citation networks identified structural inequality, organizational practices, representative bureaucracy, and inclusive leadership as key theoretical anchors. Co-word analyses highlighted thematic clusters emphasizing governance, policy, workplace inclusion, leadership, and equity. Public-sector DEI studies were found to be more cohesive and practically oriented. This study positions DEI as a normative commitment and empirical domain central to public sector governance, providing a roadmap for future scholarship and actionable insights for policymakers by linking research clusters to core theories, hypothesizing drivers of post-2020 growth, and proposing a concrete research agenda.","abstract_source":"gemini_shortened","authors":["Syran Santiago"],"date":"2026-03-24","doi":"10.70838/pemj.530801","id":7434,"issue":8,"journal":{"issn":"2822-4353","name":"Psychology and Education: A Multidisciplinary Journal"},"pdf_sha256":"8b8fd1edf2313cebfe27725b234675562379394dc107fa65c015921428a11220","schema":"scimatic-article/1","title":"A Global Bibliometric Evolution of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Research in the Public Sector","volume":53}

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