PSYCHOLOGICAL CAPITAL: A BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS

Year 2023, Volume: 7 Issue: 1, 1 - 13, 25.03.2023

Ali Kemal Ceylan

https://doi.org/10.47525/ulasbid.1195621

Cited By: 2

Abstract

Globalization of social and economic life has brought about many changes within itself. This change that occurred in the organizational and economic structure, has also raised the human capital element to a significant position in terms of organizations. The organizational management's objectives such as productivity, growth, and effectiveness, and the importance of the roles that employees' psychological capital possess, have more clearly emerged. Starting from the organizational field, psychological capital research has increased gradually in the field of organizational management. This research aims to introduce certain features of the psychological capital concepts in the Web of Sciences database (WoS) with the bibliometric analysis method. Psychological capital, which is one of the features of the articles within the scope of the research, was analyzed in relation to the most frequently used keywords. Moreover, the bibliometric analysis of the related articles was compared in terms of other features such as the countries that publish on psychological capital, the distribution of the publications over the years, the ranking of the most cited publications, and the most productive authors. It was determined that there are 148 keywords related to the concept of psychological capital. This study found that China is the country with the highest number of publications on psychological capital in the Web of Sciences, followed by the USA. Turkey has ranked fourth on the list. For the research design, it was observed that the first article was published in 1997 and the analysis was carried out by including the publications until 2022.

Keywords

Psychological Capital, Positive Psychology, Bibliometric Analysis

PSİKOLOJİK SERMAYE: BİBLİYOMETRİK BİR ANALİZ

Abstract

Sosyal ve ekonomik yaşamın küreselleşmesi beraberinde birçok değişimi getirmiştir. Örgütsel ve ekonomik yapıda da meydana gelen bu değişim, beşeri sermaye unsurunu örgütler açısından oldukça önemli bir konuma yükseltmiştir. Örgütsel yönetimlerin verimlilik, büyüme ve etkinlik gibi amaçları yönünden, çalışanlarının psikolojik sermayelerinin oynayabileceği rollerin önemi daha belirgin olarak ortaya çıkmıştır. Psikolojik sermaye araştırmaları örgütsel alandan başlayarak örgütsel yönetim alanında gittikçe artmıştır. Araştırmada, bibliyometrik analiz yöntemi ile psikolojik sermaye kavramının Web of Sciences veri tabanında (WoS) olan psikolojik sermayeyle ilgili yayınların belli özelliklerinin tanıtılması amaçlanmıştır. Araştırma kapsamındaki makalelerin özelliklerinden birisi olan psikolojik sermayenin en sık kullanıldığı anahtar sözcüklere göre ilişkilerinin analizi yapılmıştır. Bunun yanı sıra psikolojik sermayeyle ilgili yayın yapan ülkeler, yayınların yıllar itibariyle göstermiş olduğu dağılım durumu, en çok atıf alan yayınların sıralaması, en üretken olan yazarlar gibi diğer özellikler yönünden de ilgili makalelerin bibliyometrik analizi yapılmıştır. Psikolojik sermaye kavramının ilişkili olarak kullanıldığı 148 anahtar sözcük olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Web of Sciences’te psikolojik sermayeyle ilgili en fazla yayın yapan ülkenin Çin ve ikinci olarak ABD olduğu belirlenmiştir. Türkiye bu sıralamada dördüncü olmuştur. Araştırmada, ilk makale tarihinin 1997 yılı olduğu tespit edilmiş ve 2022 yılına kadar olan yayınlar kapsama alınarak analizleri gerçekleştirilmiştir. 

Keywords

Psikolojik Sermaye, Pozitif Psikoloji, Bibliometrik Analiz

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