Well-Being and Employee Performance—Research Insights from a Bibliometric and Thematic Perspective

Abstract

There is a paradigm shift in HRM over the past few years due to advancements in technology, globalization, heterogeneity in workforce, and an increase in competition. Hence, there has been significant research focusing on employee-oriented HRM practices, especially employee well-being. This study provides recent trends in employee performance and well- being research using bibliometric networking and thematic analysis. This paper aims to identify inferential networks using keywords, citations, and country-wise analysis. Seven themes were identified in the “Employee Performance and Well-being” literature. Results showed that themes like “Nature of work,” “Organization Support,” “Technology,” “Work Environment,” “Well-being-oriented Human Resource Practices,” and “Quality of Life” have been given great attention as it has a crucial influence on individual performance at work. The contribution of this study is to provide key insights to enhance the performance of employees by paying attention to their well-being and to list future avenues of publications in this domain.