A Bibliometric Analysis of Human Resource and COVID-19 Studies in Hospitality and Tourism Domain

ABSTRACT

This study adopted the bibliometric approach to examine 141 articles published on ‘Human resource' and ‘COVID-19' to unveil the most contributing authors, countries, most frequently used keyword, most cited articles and current research trend in the hospitality and tourism domain. The Scopus database is used to extract the data for bibliometric analysis and NVivo software used for the formulation of word cloud on the basis of occurrence of keywords. The existing literatures focused on ‘Human Resource'and ‘COVID-19'came into existence in 2020 and recorded growth in the consecutive year. The findings show that Morrison, A.M., United States and International Journal of Hospitality Management are the most contributing author, country and journal, respectively. Moreover, the terms COVID-19, Employees and Hospitality are the most frequently used keywors. The result of this study facilitates scholars to obtain relevant information and knowledge of research trends in ‘human resource' and ‘COVID-19' studies in hospitality and tourism domain. ©Copyright IJHTS.