Vol. 12 No. 3 (2024): Business & Management Studies: An International Journal
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Bibliometric analysis of career decidedness studies using a visual mapping technique

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  • Hasan Hüseyin Uzunbacak,
Hasan Hüseyin Uzunbacak
Assoc. Prof., Süleyman Demirel University, Isparta, Turkiye

Published 2024-09-25

Keywords

  • Kariyer, Kariyer Kararlılığı, Görsel Haritalandırma, Bibliyometrik Analiz VOSviewer
  • Career, Career Decidedness, Visual Mapping, Bibliometric Analysis, VOSviewer

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Bibliometric analysis of career decidedness studies using a visual mapping technique. (2024). Business & Management Studies: An International Journal, 12(3), 468-482. https://doi.org/10.15295/bmij.v12i3.2403

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Bibliometric analysis of career decidedness studies using a visual mapping technique. (2024). Business & Management Studies: An International Journal, 12(3), 468-482. https://doi.org/10.15295/bmij.v12i3.2403

Abstract

This study aims to provide an overview of "career decidedness" and identifies related study trends and gaps. Analyzing 104 works published between 1995 and 2024 in the Web of Science (WoS) database using VOSviewer includes 93 journal articles, 12 papers, and two early appearance studies. Most research was in social psychology (88) and management (5). The most cited authors were Lent-Robert (519), Penn, Lee (464), and Ireland Gleen (460), while the most co-cited authors were Lent-Robert (144), Hirschi Andreas (63), and Savickas (63). The USA (1676 citations), Germany (258 citations), and The USA (1676 citations), Germany (258 citations), and Australia (252 citations) were the top cited countries. Leading institutions included the University of Maryland (749 citations), the University of Tennessee (235 citations), and the Leuphana University of Lüneburg (181 citations). Common keywords were career decidedness, self-management model, career decision-making, social career theory, and career development. The top publications were by Duffy (2007), with 203 citations; Lent (2016), with 168 citations; and Lent (2017) with 164 citations.

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