Emerging Patterns in Work Stress Among Female Employees: A Bibliometric Analysis

Over the past ten years, there has been an increase in scholarly interest on the topic related to women’s work stress. The research trends on job stress in women from 2015 to 2024 are bibliometrically analysed in this study, with particular reference to publication growth, highly cited documents, most productive authors, nations, institutions, and source titles. Analysis is done to determine the direction of research in this field using data from Scopus. The results show a notable increase in research production, with important themes such as anxiety disorder, physiological stress, mental health, and work-life balance. The study has examined 5397 research documents in total were extracted from the Scopus database using a methodical approach flow. The analysis demonstrated that research on women employees’ work-related stress is on the rise. As far as the maximum number of publications on women employees’ work stress are concerned, The United States brought out the highest number of publications are considered to be the most productive nation, followed by the United Kingdom and Canada. In terms of publications and total citations, Kivimäki, M. and Rugulies, R. are the most creative authors. The increasing number of author keywords in the literature indicates that there may be gaps in the research that need to be filled in the future. These keywords include stress, gender, mental health, occupational health, and working conditions. The results of the study have also opened a new avenue for the future researchers and industry practitioners to take up further research on work stress related issues to understand the cause and consequences of it.