Bibliographic Analysis of Postgraduate Dissertations on the Effects of Factors Causing Organizational Stress on Information Managers

Abstract

The aim of this research is to examine in detail and from an academic perspective various material/spiritual elements that may affect information managers in different institutions who are constantly and/or for a certain period of time under pressure from the upper management in business life, who may be exposed to mobbing, who are exposed to various negative situations by internal and external users in organizational processes, who may be affected by negative behaviors by senior managers or colleagues who have the same status as them. For this purpose, the analysis of academic studies conducted on this subject is aimed. The study is based on a descriptive model and bibliometric method and graphical analysis are adopted in data analysis. Various features such as citations, geographical distribution, keywords, authors and publications are evaluated together in the analyses. Bibliometric analysis and graphical visualizations are carried out using the bibliographic analysis analytical tool. In this direction, as a result of the literature review, no bibliometric analysis study directly related to the subject of organizational stress of information managers at the postgraduate thesis level has been encountered. Therefore, mobbing, leadership, motivation, culture, silence etc. that cause organizational stress are examined. Current bibliometric analysis studies on other related topics within organizational theory such as, are also included in this section. A study was conducted on the bibliometric analysis method, which is a very effective application/research method in the academic community, in order to make predictions about the future and to draw concrete results for the present. As a result of the analysis, it was seen that although the subject of organizational stress has been a highly preferred subject in master's and doctoral theses for the last 15 years, it has been examined at the level of postgraduate theses in only 30% of the universities in Turkey. In this context, it is predicted that the number of postgraduate studies on organizational stress may and should increase in the future. The findings obtained from this study will provide an opportunity for institutions and organizations serving in the field of organizational management and personnel management, institutions conducting professional studies in the field of information management and information-document management in general, librarians, archivists, information managers, policy makers and practitioners to recognize important problems in this field, encourage interdisciplinary cooperation, prevent professional attrition and eliminate concerns in various fields.