Title: Three decades publication trends on high-performance work system: a bibliometric review

Authors: Muhammad Shahid Iqbal; Mohd Faizal Mohd Isa; Fadzli Shah Abd Aziz

Addresses: Universiti Utara Malaysia, 06010 Sintok, Kedah Darul Aman, Malaysia ' Universiti Utara Malaysia, 06010 Sintok, Kedah Darul Aman, Malaysia ' Universiti Utara Malaysia, 06010 Sintok, Kedah Darul Aman, Malaysia

Abstract: The discussion on the high-performance work system (HPWS) emerged since early 1989. Since then, scholars have frequently used the term 'high-performance work system' further to analyse the evolution of this concept in this area. The purpose of this article is to trace current state of scientific work and important developments in HPWS by bibliometric review of the articles on high-performance work system published in the Scopus database from 1989 until 2020. A total of 592 documents were collected based on the search results. Most high-performance research work was carried out in the fields of business management, and social sciences. And the areas such as materials science biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology chemical engineering pharmacology, toxicology and pharmaceutics chemistry health professions were neglected. This study describes the evolution of the HPWS scientific literature and recognises areas of present research priorities and future research directions and dimensions related to HPWS.

Keywords: HPWS; bibliometric analysis; organisational performance; human resource management.

DOI: 10.1504/IJBEX.2024.136876

International Journal of Business Excellence, 2024 Vol.32 No.2, pp.183 - 201

Received: 05 Oct 2020
Accepted: 13 Jan 2021
Published online: 26 Feb 2024 *

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