Purpose

Job embeddedness is considered crucial for organizational success, as it promotes social capital and helps to reduce turnover. A holistic review of job embeddedness remains elusive despite gaining researchers' and practitioners' attention. Therefore, this study aims to synthesize the past literature to understand the concepts and emerging themes in the domain. Further, it helps identify future research avenues and proposes a comprehensive conceptual framework.

Design/methodology/approach

The study used bibliographic data of 263 Scopus-indexed publications from inception, i.e. 2001 to 2021, which were subsequently analyzed using diverse bibliometric and content analysis (TCCM) framework and software like Microsoft Excel, Vosviewer and “Biblioshiny” package in R language.

Findings

The study analyzes the domain via performance analysis which sheds light on the increasing publication trends and different significant contributors (authors, publications, countries, journals and universities). Science mapping techniques such as keyword analysis identifies author keyword evolution and trends. The content analysis showcases the dominance of diverse psychological theories applied in the domain. Also, the bibliographic-coupling analysis highlights major clusters and associated research publications. The study provides future research avenues, followed by a conceptual framework highlighting the antecedents, moderators and outcomes of job embeddedness.

Originality/value

This study is the first bibliometric and content analysis exploring job embeddedness and will aid in developing a comprehensive understanding of the research topic.

中文翻译：

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了解我们为何留在工作岗位？过去二十年（2001-2021）工作嵌入性的文献计量和内容分析

目的

工作嵌入被认为对于组织的成功至关重要，因为它可以促进社会资本并有助于减少人员流动。尽管引起了研究人员和从业者的关注，但对工作嵌入性的全面审查仍然难以捉摸。因此，本研究旨在综合过去的文献，以理解该领域的概念和新兴主题。此外，它有助于确定未来的研究途径并提出一个全面的概念框架。

设计/方法论/途径

该研究使用了 263 份 Scopus 索引出版物从 2001 年到 2021 年的书目数据，随后使用各种文献计量和内容分析 (TCCM) 框架以及 Microsoft Excel、Vosviewer 和 R 语言的“Biblioshiny”包等软件对这些数据进行了分析。

发现

该研究通过绩效分析对该领域进行了分析，揭示了不断增长的出版趋势和不同的重要贡献者（作者、出版物、国家、期刊和大学）。关键词分析等科学绘图技术可识别作者关键词的演变和趋势。内容分析展示了该领域应用的多种心理学理论的主导地位。此外，书目耦合分析突出了主要集群和相关研究出版物。该研究提供了未来的研究途径，随后提出了一个概念框架，强调了工作嵌入的前因、调节因素和结果。

原创性/价值

这项研究是第一个探索工作嵌入性的文献计量和内容分析，将有助于全面了解该研究主题。