EXPLORING THE PUBLICATION METRICS OF JOB PROMOTION RESEARCH: A BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS IN FOUR DECADES

Abstract

Job promotion is a career advancement where an employee moves up in the company's hierarchical structure to a higher position with more responsibilities, authority, and usually better pay. It's a recognition of an employee's hard work, dedication, and contributions to the company. Job promotion can also provide opportunities for professional growth and development, and enhance an employee's job satisfaction and morale. This study aims to explore job promotion-related publishing patterns and rank the most used author keywords in the Scopus and Web of Science (WoS) databases. The eminent software, ScientoPy and VOSviewer, are used to run and execute relevant publication data retrieved from Scopus and WoS. The results showed a positive trend in the growth of job promotion literature in both databases since 1982. The top three research areas that dominate this topic are “business & economics”, “public, environmental & occupational health”, and “psychology”. Based on the country analysis, the United States has become an active publisher, followed by Germany and China. Importantly, this study emphasised the scholarly communication practices prevalent in job promotion research have impressively propagated. The trends will assist researchers in recognising the various fields in identifying the core areas, proactive institutions, and core source titles published in this knowledge for supplementary investigation. Besides, by examining the most popular keywords, the results of this study enable researchers to discover the possibility for future research that may be conducted, particularly concerning the annual growth rates, which have been trending in the last five years.