Remote Work and Job Satisfaction: A Decade of Insights Through a Bibliometric Lens

Slim Belaid (), Nour Ben Guedria and Houssein Ballouk
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Slim Belaid: ESTA Belfort, School of Business and Engineering, 3 Rue du Dr Frery, 90000 Belfort, France
Nour Ben Guedria: Higher Institute of Management of Sousse, RJ7G+M7, Sousse 4000, Tunisia
Houssein Ballouk: ESTA Belfort, School of Business and Engineering, 3 Rue du Dr Frery, 90000 Belfort, France

Administrative Sciences, 2025, vol. 15, issue 11, 1-29

Abstract: This study analyzes the relationship between remote work and job satisfaction from a bibliometric perspective. Remote work has grown in popularity, especially due to global trends accelerated by the pandemic, which impacts employee safety, wellbeing, and satisfaction. Based on 199 articles indexed in Scopus from 2014 to 2024, we identified a steady growth of this topic, with significant increases between 2021 and 2023. Global collaboration analysis indicates that the United States, India, and the United Kingdom are at the forefront of research and should work towards bridging knowledge across the Global North and South. We identify factors related to the satisfaction of remote workers (balance between on-site and off-site work, autonomy, flexibility, social isolation, gender differences). A keyword co-occurrence analysis was conducted to identify topical coverage and was complemented by clustering highly cited studies. We examine differences between the public and private sectors and suggest research paths to better understand the implications of remote work for job satisfaction in different organizational contexts.

Keywords: remote work; job satisfaction; COVID-19; bibliometric analysis; human resource management; international collaboration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L M M0 M1 M10 M11 M12 M14 M15 M16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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