Bibliometric Analysis of Perceived Employability: Review and Research Agenda

Abstract

The changing nature of employment relations between individuals and organisations has increased the role of individuals in maintaining their careers. Today’s era is characterised by ‘modern and boundary less’ careers, indicating the need for an in-depth analysis of perceived employability. For a long time, this multidisciplinary concept has captured the attention of scholars. However, holistic retrospection of this research is missing to date. Under this gap, this study aims to comprehensively analyse the literature on perceived employability through bibliometric tools. Therefore, a contextualised systematic literature review is presented in this study using citation analyses, co-citation analyses and bibliographic coupling. Relying upon the Scopus database, bibliometric techniques are used to map thematic and intellectual structures latent in 356 articles published on perceived employability. The top authors, countries, journals and major themes are identified, followed by bibliographic network-based content analysis. Five significant clusters identified by thematic analyses are extensively reviewed. Finally, the study revealed key research gaps that could guide future research. This study contributes by providing thematic clusters latent in the literature on perceived employability in combination with an extensive review.