A Bibliometric Analysis on Future Research Trends of Working Time Reduction

Working time reduction (WTR) has been a subject of research in many different areas, affecting work-life balance, productivity and well-being. This subject has attracted media attention and is in the experimental phase or planned in many countries. The primary purpose of this article is to have comprehensive information about the quantity of research conducted on reducing working hours.62 articles focusing on WTR were analyzed. Data were collected from the Web of Science and analyzed with the VOSviewer. The relationship Networks were mapped and interpreted by performed authors, country and keyword analyzed. In studies on WTR, Germany has been identified as the most effective country due to being a pioneer country with the development of technology and the increase in welfare and it has been determined that the UK's publications on the subject have increased with the effects of the implementation of different working models with Covid-19.