Bibliometric Analysis of Research on Workplace Well-Being

Abstract

Well-being of employees is important in determining the long-term effectiveness of an organization. Furthermore, organizations increasingly recognize the need to take the well-being of their employees seriously to experience higher performance and results. Well-being has expanded beyond physical to focus on building a holistic culture, including physical, emotional, financial, social, career, community, and purpose. However, workplace well-being is still evolving, and more research are needed to develop a scientific foundation. By analyzing citation data, this study was able to map out the most important trends and analyze the current state of employee wellbeing in the workplace from 1980 to 2022 using the VOSviewer program. The "Scopus" database was searched for the topic of "workplace well-being," and bibliometric information was collected from the resulting publications. The first search yielded 1,021 publications, which were then reduced using the established criteria. A total of 274 records were located using this method, and analysis of the most-cited papers, most-significant authors, co-citation of references, and sources was performed to find literature on the topic of employee happiness in the workplace. Effectively charting the development of the concept of "workplace well-being" from 1980 to 2022, this study is an important contribution to the field.