Short, J. C. & Palmer, T. B. (2008). The application of DICTION to content analysis research in strategic management. Organizational Research Methods, 11, 727-752.

This article specifically focuses on the DICTION software and emphasizes the potential role dictionary-based computer-aided text analysis may play in the strategic management literature. However, it serves as a valuable introduction to the technique for any researcher.

This article was published just as dictionary-based analyses were starting to pick up steam in the management literature, but before the influx of custom dictionaries. As a result, it emphasizes the application of DICTION’s proprietary dictionaries. However, DICTION and most other dictionary-based computer-aided text analysis packages do enable the creation of custom dictionaries.

Short, J. C., McKenny, A. F., & Reid, S. W. (2018). More than words? Computer-aided text analysis in organizational behavior and psychology research. Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior, 5, 415-435.

While this article incorporates elements of Computer-Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis (CAQDAS; e.g., ATLAS.ti, MAXQDA, Nvivo) and other forms of computer-aided text analysis, it primarily focuses on dictionary-based computer-aided text analysis research in Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior research.

This article provides an up-to-date look at how dictionary-based computer-aided text analysis is being used in organizational behavior and psychology research, as well as opportunities for how it might evolve in the future.