Document Type : Review Article
Authors
1 Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Public Administration, Faculty pf Economics, Management and Administrative Sciences, Semnan University, Semnan, Iran
2 Professor, Faculty of Economics, Management and Administrative Sciences, Semnan University, Semnan, Iran
3 Ph.D. of Public Administration, Faculty of Management, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
4 Associate Professor, Department of Industrial Management, Faculty of Economics, Management and Administrative Sciences, Semnan University, Semnan, Iran
Abstract
The purpose of this research is to investigate the state of knowledge in the field of “employee-organization relationship”, using bibliometric analysis. The research is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive-analytical in terms of data collection, with a quantitative approach. The statistical population of the research includes 289 studies indexed in the Scopus comprehensive database in the time period from 1978 to 2024. By examining the title, abstract and keywords of the studies, it was ensured that all these documents are suitable for analysis; therefore, in the analysis process, all these studies were reviewed. The bibliometric method and VOS viewer software (tool) have been used to analyze, visualize and interpret the collected data. According to the research findings, the most published documents in the field of employee-organization relationship were published in 2023. The United States, China and the United Kingdom respectively have the most published documents in the field of employee-organization relationship. Based on the co-occurrence author's key words, the keywords of perceived organizational support, employee-organization relationship, internal communication, job satisfaction, and human resource management respectively have the highest total link strength; in addition, some of the latest topics in this research field are: fractal organizations, organizational framework, human systems, non-linear modeling and organization relationships. The findings of this research can be considered as a guide for future research in the field of employee-organization relationship.
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