Economics and Digital Business Review
Vol. 7 No. 1 (2026)

Generative Artificial Intelligence and Employee Productivity: A Global Bibliometric and Science-Mapping Analysis

Kathleen Arlen Manueke (Fakultas Ekonomi dan Bisnis, Universitas Klabat)



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Publish Date
23 Jul 2026

Abstract

Purpose: This study maps global research on generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) and employee productivity, separating workplace outcomes from consumer, student, technical, and financial-market applications. Research Method: A Scopus search for 2023–2026 identified 237 English-language open-access business and economics journal articles. Title–abstract screening retained 61 articles. Performance analysis was integrated with VOSviewer-compatible author-keyword co-occurrence, overlay, and density mapping. Results and Discussion: Output increased from 2 articles in 2023 to 27 articles in 2026 as of the search date. The corpus covered 31 journals, 194 authors, and 37 countries; 37.7% of articles involved international collaboration. Five keyword clusters linked workplace adoption and human outcomes; LLM-enabled professional work; creativity, work design, and HRM; productivity realization; and agency in platform labor. Themes shifted from prompts and tools toward productivity, collaboration, well-being, and agency, although objective productivity measures remained peripheral. Implications: Researchers and managers should evaluate quality-adjusted net productivity, including verification, coordination, learning, governance, and employee well-being, rather than infer performance from adoption or task speed alone. Originality: The study offers a screened, outcome-centered, multilevel map of a rapidly emerging field and identifies its transition from technology adoption to human and organizational consequences.

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ecotal

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Economics and Digital Business Review is a peer-reviewed, open-access academic journal published by Yayasan Vifada Cendikia Indonesia in collaboration with Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Ekonomi (STIE) AMKOP Makassar. The journal was established in 2020 and is officially registered with an electronic ...