A total of 164 organizations were analyzed in these studies, 145 of which were not named. Among the companies mentioned, Ericsson was the subject of six analyzed papers. In addition, the LEGO Group, the BBC in the United Kingdom, and the Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund were the objects of study in two papers each.

Most of these studies (55 papers, 76.4%) adopted the case study approach. The other studies were based on interviews (12 papers, 16.7%) or surveys (5 papers, 6.9%). In 13 of the analyzed case studies, at least one of the authors had a professional relationship with the organization, and in four cases, the action research approach was used.