Strategic Workforce Planning and Organizational Agility: A Bibliometric
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https://doi.org/10.58812/wsis.v3i11.2383Keywords:
Strategic Workforce Planning, Organizational Agility, Bibliometric Analysis, Human Resource Management, Organizational Innovation, Workforce Strategy, Vosviewer, Scopus, Dynamic Capabilities, Global CollaborationAbstract
This study performs a bibliometric analysis to delineate the global research environment concerning strategic workforce planning and organizational agility. This study analyzes publishing patterns, prominent authors, keyword clusters, organizational affiliations, and country-level collaboration networks using data sourced from the Scopus database and processed with VOSviewer and the Bibliometrix R-package. The results indicate that research in this domain is predominantly based on organizational management, leadership, human resource planning, and innovation-related topics. Keywords like “organization and management,” “workforce,” and “leadership” underscore the significance of human capital initiatives for organizational performance and agility. Collaboration assessments identify the United States as the foremost contributor and worldwide research center, succeeded by robust networks in Europe, Australia, and burgeoning contributions from Asia and Africa. The study's findings highlight the growing convergence of strategic workforce planning and organizational agility frameworks, especially in healthcare and public-sector environments. This study delineates theme trends and research deficiencies, offering a basic framework for subsequent empirical and theoretical endeavors focused on improving organizational resilience and talent preparedness in dynamic settings.
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