UNVEILING SUBJECTIVE CAREER SUCCESS: A COMPREHENSIVE BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS

Abstract

This study aims to offer a comprehensive description of academic research on subjective career success by utilizing bibliometric analysis, VOSviewer, and Harzing’s Perish or Publish software. The data used for analysis was derived from the Scopus database in May 2023, gathering the final numbers of 934 articles from 1991 to 2023. This paper followed a rigorous five-step bibliometric process that included searching for relevant criteria within the field, selecting appropriate documents and databases, defining criteria for inclusion and selection, choosing correct data and suitable software, conducting analysis, and interpreting the results. The study shows authors, institutions, and researchers’ primary contributions to subjective career success. Most papers were published within the field of Business, Management, and Accounting, and The United States emerged as the top contributor in publication output. The main finding reveals a correlation between subjective career success and factors such as objective career success, career commitment, emotional intelligence, psychological capital, perceived organizational support, COVID-19, career adaptability, and turnover intentions. These identified keywords may serve as either precursors or consequences of subjective career success. These results provide a diverse and up-to-date view of the present studies’ status in this discipline. Nevertheless, certain limitations have been identified in this study. Hence, future research is advised to broaden the scope of this study by incorporating additional databases and new keywords for a more comprehensive analysis.