Development of Sustainable Human Resources in the Period 2000-2021: A Bibliometric Review
The main purpose of this research is to make suggestions for future studies by making bibliometric analyses of publications, researchers, institutions, countries and their connections in sustainable human resources management between 2000-2021. It is bibliometric research in terms of research method, and the research data were obtained from the Web of Science (WoS) and Scopus database. We reviewed 505 articles published in 210 journals between 2000-2021 to collect data according to inclusion and exclusion criteria. We conducted performance and scientific field mapping analyses to reveal the field's overall view of the research. Analysis findings show that the interest in sustainable human resources management is increasing daily, and there is an increasing trend towards areas such as "green human resources management" and "corporate social responsibility". In addition, we determined that ten core journals on the sustainability of human resources dominate the field.
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