Analysis of Work Stress Research Trends in Global Literature-based Work Environments: Bibliometric Study

This research aims to examine issues and research focus related to work stress experienced by workers in their work environment. Data was collected from Scopus with the keywords “Job Stress” AND “Work environment”. Documents tracked through the Scopus database have criteria ranging from 2020-2024 with the subject area psychology, document type article, and language English. 238 scientific publication articles were obtained and then analyzed using VOSviewer software to identify topic trends, collaborations and research developments. The research results show that studies regarding Job Stress are divided into three major theme nodes, namely human, adult, and psychology. Job Stress itself is included in the sub-themes within three big themes. There are other sub-themes such as bullying, burnout, anxiety, leadership, ageing, biomechanism, cross-sectional studies, employee, and absenteeism. This research can be a reference for researchers who will be able to research more deeply existing sub-themes or create new sub-themes in accordance with the development of a dynamic work environment. Apart from that, this research can also be a reference for other stakeholders such as organizations or institutions to know and pay attention to how the concept of job stress creates worker welfare in various sectors.