Examination of Organizational Alienation with Bibliometric Analysis Method in National Literature

Abstract

Today's employees desire to be appreciated and accepted by their superiors. This plays a fundamental role in the positive perception of the organization by employees. In this context, the alienation concept is becoming more crucial day by day. Accordingly, this study aims to examine the bibliometric features of the articles reviewed in Dergipark's infrastructure system in Turkey on organizational alienation. In this study, 26 articles published in Dergipark between 2014 and 2023 were analyzed through the bibliometric analysis method. In this context, the SPSS 25 package program was used while analyzing the data, and frequencies and percentages were examined. According to the results of the study, it was found that the number of studies on organizational alienation increased in 2021. It was determined that the subject area of the journals in which the articles are published is in the business field, which is included in the discipline of social sciences. It was concluded that the publication language of the studies is generally Turkish. It was determined that the said studies were generally performed in the production and service sectors. Quantitative research methods were used in all articles. In general, employees and teachers were sampled in the articles. The number of samples in articles was between 101 and 200. Furthermore, the most commonly studied concept related to organizational alienation has been organizational elements such as organizational culture. The most used keyword within the scope of the keywords in the articles was determined to be alienation. It was also found that the number of citations in the articles was between 1 and 10, and the most cited article was between 1 and 80.

Keywords

• Alienation
• Organizational alienation
• National literature
• Bibliometric analysis method

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