BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF HR ANALYTICS LITERATURE

Abstract

Human resource analytics (HR analytics) research has been popular in recent years and is a newly emerging research area. Seeing in which frame the work done in this field is progressing will shed light on new future studies in the field. This study examines how HR analytics work is built on the basis of the intellectual framework. This research aims to contribute to the literature by examining the references, authors, topics, citations and journals of the studies. For this purpose, bibliometric techniques were used to examine 178 articles published between 2010 and 2021. A wide variety of disciplines have been used in the journals that publish these articles to address the issues of HR analytics. Main themes gathered in the articles are around the concepts of big data, talent management and workforce analytics. The study results show that research interest in HR analytics has increased in recent years. While the competencies of HR professionals, data quality, technological developments, cooperation with the IT department are the main topics, the literature seems to neglect the issue of ethics.

Keywords

• HR analytics
• workforce analytics
• people analytics
• bibliometric analysis
• co-citation analysis

İK ANALİTİĞİ LİTERATÜRÜNÜN BİBLİYOMETRİK ANALİZİ

Abstract

İnsan kaynakları analitiği (İK analitiği) araştırması son yıllarda popüler hale gelmiş ve yeni ortaya çıkan bir araştırma alandır. Bu alanda yapılan çalışmaların hangi çerçevede ilerlediğini görmek, ileride bu alanda yapılacak yeni çalışmalara ışık tutacaktır. Bu çalışma, İK analitiğinin entelektüel çerçeve temelinde nasıl ilerlediğini incelemektedir. Bu araştırma, çalışmaların referansları, yazarları, konuları, atıfları ve dergileri incelenerek literatüre katkı sağlamayı amaçlamaktadır. Bu amaçla, 2010 ile 2021 yılları arasında yayınlanan 178 makaleyi incelerek bibliyometrik analiz tekniği kullanılmıştır. İK analitiği konularını ele alan ve bu makaleleri yayınlayan dergilerde çok çeşitli disiplinler kullanıldı görülmüştür. Makalelerde toplanan ana temalar, büyük veri, yetenek yönetimi ve işgücü analitiği kavramları etrafındadır. Çalışma sonuçları, İK analitiğine yönelik araştırma ilgisinin son yıllarda arttığını göstermektedir. İK profesyonellerinin yetkinlikleri, veri kalitesi, teknolojik gelişmeler, BT departmanı ile işbirliği ana başlıklar iken, literatürün etik konusunu ihmal ettiği görülmüştür.

Keywords

• İK analitiği
• işgücü analitiği
• insan analitiği
• bibliyometrik analiz
• ortak atıf analizi

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