Exploratory analysis on publications related to organizational communication in SMEs

Using Publish or Perish a search on the keywords Organizational Communication, Organizational Communication in SMEs and textile SMEs was performed on Google Scholar. 430 references with one Cite or more were founded. This method allowed delineating a Database that precise location of the reference and the availability of the document on the Web. This makes possible to determine the state of the art, in a simple way, in relation to the proposed research topic. Applying Rapidminer a clustering model was used to classify this group into five clusters The clustering by number of citations was an effective way to rank items by their impact. In opposition with a traditional search, generally based on subjective criteria the clustering allowed to analyze quickly, based on a more objective criteria, references that were most significant for our research.