Kadınlar ve Sendika: Bibliyometrik Bir Çalışma

Year 2022, Volume: 2 Issue: 2, 229 - 248, 29.12.2022

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Abstract

Kadınların işyeri ya da işgücü piyasasında karşılaştığı eşitsizlik, düşük sendikalaşma oranları, ücret farklılıkları, işsizlik, ayrımcılık ve diğer pek çok sorun uzun yıllardır araştırmacıların dikkatini çeken çalışma konuları arasındadır. Son yıllarda birçok ülkede sendika ve sivil toplum kuruluşlarının işgücünde sayıları giderek artan kadınların, istihdam veya işyeri kaynaklı sorunlarına daha fazla ilgi gösterdiği görülmektedir. Ancak hala çözüm bekleyen birçok sorun bulunmaktadır. Bu doğrultuda, bu çalışma kadın ve sendikacılık kavramları arasındaki ilişki analiz edilerek ortaya konulan bilimsel çalışmaları anlamayı ve ileride yapılacak araştırmalara yol göstermeyi amaçlamaktadır. Çalışmada VOSviewer programı kullanılarak sendika ve kadın çalışanları merkezine alan makaleler incelenmiştir. Bu amaçla Web of Science veri tabanından derlenen 1981-2021 yılları arasında yayınlanmış 186 makale, VOSviewer programı kullanılarak bibliyometrik inceleme yöntemiyle analiz edilmiştir. Analiz sonucunda konuyla ilgili 2018 yılında 11 olan makale sayısının 2019 yılında 9'a düştüğü ancak 2020 yılında dikkat çekici bir şekilde 22'ye yükseldiği ve bu makalelerin çoğunlukla toplumsal cinsiyet konularına odaklandığı görülmektedir. Ayrıca en fazla yayına sahip ülkenin İngiltere olduğu, Women’s History Review dergisinin ise en çok makale yayınlayan dergi olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Son olarak, geçtiğimiz kırk yılda literatürün ana odak noktasını göstermek için gerçekleştirilen bu bibliyometrik analizin, kadın emeği çalışmaları alanındaki araştırma boşluklarını ve yeni araştırma fırsatlarını ortaya çıkarması beklenmektedir.

Keywords

Sendika, Kadınlar, Bibliyometrik Analiz, Web of Science, VOSviewer

Woman and Trade Union: A Bibliometric Analysis

Abstract

Women’s workplace or labour market-related problems such as inequality, low unionization rate, wage differentials, unemployment, discrimination, and many others have been a hot topic studied by scholars for many years. In many countries, it has seen that unions and non-governmental organizations pay more attention to the employment or workplace-oriented problems of female employees, whose number has been increasing in the workforce recently. But there are still issues that need to be resolved. In line with that, this study aims to analyse the interrelations between the concepts of women and unionism to understand the latest scientific production and be a guide for future research. With the application of the VOSviewer, the study examined the field of unionism studies centred on women workers. For this purpose, 186 articles published between 1981 and 2021 were gathered from the WOS database and analysed using the bibliometric analysis method with VOSviewer Software. As a result of the analysis, it is seen that the number of articles on the subject decreased from 11 in 2018 to 9 in 2019, but remarkably increased to 22 in 2020, mostly focused on gender issues. Additionally, it is found that the country with the highest number of publications was England, while "Women's History Review" was the journal that published the most articles. Finally, the bibliometric analysis performed in this paper to show the main focus of the literature over the last forty years is expected to uncover research gaps and new research opportunities in the field of women's labour studies.

Keywords

Trade Union, Women, Bibliometric Analysis, Web of Science, VOSviewer

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