Bibliometric analysis of self-compassion in the discipline of business and management

Year 2025, Volume: 54 Issue: 2, 269 - 291, 26.08.2025

Selçuk Yeke

https://doi.org/10.26650/ibr.2025.54.1625057

Abstract

This study performed a bibliometric analysis of articles titled “self-compassion” in the discipline of business and management within the Web of Science database. According to the PRISMA guidelines, articles titled “self-compassion” were retrieved from the Web of Science database by selecting business and management category. After removing duplicate publications and those not categorized as articles, a bibliometric analysis was performed for 25 articles. The bibliometric analysis was performed using VOSviewer software. Based on the data uploaded to VOSviewer, author, organization, country, and keyword networks were created. To determine the frequencies of occurrence, analyses related to sample size, unit of study, theories, methods, and data collection tools, journals, publication years, and fields of science were conducted manually. Based on concrete findings, the majority of studies (56%) were published after 2022. Approximately 77% of the studies used an individual-based unit of analysis. In 37% of the studies, private sector employees were used as the sample. Quantitative methods were preferred in 80% of the studies. As a result of this study, potential gaps in the self-compassion literature within the business and management discipline were identified, and recommendations for future research were provided. This study provides guidance on how practitioners and HR professionals can integrate self-compassion into specific HR practices within the workplace.

Keywords

Self-compassion , Bibliometric analysis , Business and management

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