Mapping the research landscape of employee well-being: A bibliometric review of three decades
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The importance of promoting employee well-being in the workplace has gained significant attention. To explore this growing field, a bibliometric study was conducted to examine the research landscape through a systematic analysis of 1284 publications from the Web of Science database, covering the period from 1990 to 2021. Using Bibliometrix and Vosviewer software, this study addressed five research questions focusing on the major contributors, conceptual, intellectual, and social structure of the field, as well as significant research gaps. The findings suggest that employee well-being is an interdisciplinary field drawing particularly on management and applied psychology. Through citation analysis, this study identified the most cited authors, institutions, and most productive countries. To understand the conceptual underpinning of this research field and trace its chronological evolution, co-occurrence analysis of the authors' keywords was performed. Document co-citation analysis identified four research clusters that constituted the intellectual base of this research area. Furthermore, social network analysis highlighted patterns in author, institution, and country contributions and collaboration. The study concludes by exploring future research directions in the field of employee well-being.
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