The Changing Work Landscape: A Thematic Analysis of Self-Efficacy in Remote Working

This article systematically summarises self-efficacy while working remotely by using a bibliometric analysis, and determines the primary themes and future research directions for studies at distinct phases in the life cycle within the existing scientific field of self-efficacy in remote work. We scientifically visualise and analysed 68 papers related to self-efficacy in remote work in the Scopus and Web of Science core set from 1991 to 2022, using R- ‘Biblioshiny’. To understand the essential importance that literature has on self-efficacy in remote work, we conducted an analysis of the key journals, papers, authors, relevant, and countries on self-efficacy in remote work context. Secondly, theme maps were used to draw the research topics on self-efficacy in remote work setting, and four cluster segments are presented as the icons of conceptual framework (Motor themes, highly developed and isolated themes, Emerging themes, and Basic themes). The study demonstrated that remote work, well-being, work engagement, job resources, and resilience with good development momentum. Leadership and performance are relatively less researched topics with a significant development foundation and self-efficacy and pandemic (Covid-19) are emerging research directions.