Analysis of Articles on HRM in the Korean Journal of Organization & Human Resource Management from 1980 to May 2022

Abstract

This study attempts to analyze the articles published in the Korean Journal of Organization & Human Resource Management from 1980 to May 2022, and to suggest for the future research directions. The total number of published articles in the journal is 297. This paper suggests the main characteristics of articles and research trends depending on themes and phases. More specifically, the main themes can be classified into general human resource management/ strategic human resource management, recruitment/selection and turnover practices, employee evaluation practices, compensation practices, human resource development, global human resource management & development, job, and etc. Moreover, the phases can be divided into 1980-1990s (the Asian financial crisis), 2000s (the glabal financial crisis), and post-2010s (global hyper-competition). In addition to descriptive statistics, this study tried to analyze the research trends by utilizing untypical text mining with Python. Furturemore, this study suggests the global research trends by using SciVal of Elviser. Based on these findings, in the discussion part, this study suggests future research directions in the human resource management field.