Generation Z Within the Workforce and in the Workplace: A Bibliometric Analysis.

Autor: Benítez-Márquez MD; Department of Applied Economics (Statistics and Econometrics), Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Malaga, Málaga, Spain., Sánchez-Teba EM; Department of Business Management, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Malaga, Málaga, Spain., Bermúdez-González G; Department of Business Management, Faculty of Commerce and Management, University of Malaga, Málaga, Spain., Núñez-Rydman ES; Department of Business Management, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Malaga, Málaga, Spain.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Frontiers in psychology [Front Psychol] 2022 Feb 01; Vol. 12, pp. 736820. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Feb 01 (Print Publication: 2021).
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.736820
Abstrakt: This article aims to improve the knowledge on Generation Z as employees within workforce and in the workplace, as well as on the main thematic trends that drive the research on the topic. To this end, and using bibliometric techniques, a sample of 102 publications on this subject from Web of Science between 2009 and 2020 is analyzed. Research discusses the most published and most cited authors and journals to have a broad view of the context of the subject. Later, through a longitudinal view, the study mainly focuses on analyzing the evolution of thematic clusters, to assess the progress of the themes, as well as the network around the principal motor cluster of each period. The obtained results suggest a hardly developed topic, which started to draw attention in 2018, while still having a wide margin for growth. The core of research on the topic has evolved around "Generation-Z" "generations," "workplace," "management" and "attitudes," "leadership," "career," or "learning-teaching-education," although a low keyword stability among periods was noted. There is a need for further development on a variety of aspects regarding this generation and the labor market, as the study shows a clear orientation toward management and generational diversity within the workplace.
Competing Interests: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.
(Copyright © 2022 Benítez-Márquez, Sánchez-Teba, Bermúdez-González and Núñez-Rydman.)
Databáze: MEDLINE