Human Resource Management in the Metaverse Era

Abstract

The advent of the metaverse offers human resource management both new opportunities and challenges as digital technologies continue to progress. To examine the state of HRM research in the metaverse era and pinpoint significant themes and gaps in the body of literature, this study conducts a bibliometric analysis. The authors examine the distribution of articles, authors, journals, and keywords associated with HRM in the context of the metaverse through a methodical examination of scholarly publications from the Scopus database. This research indicates an increasing amount of interest in this field, with studies concentrating on digital leadership, people management, remote work, and virtual collaboration. The authors offer a research agenda for the future to fill in these knowledge gaps and improve comprehension of HRM in the metaverse era. This study adds to the expanding corpus of research on HRM in digital contexts and offers insightful guidance on how to navigate the potential and difficulties presented by the metaverse for scholars, practitioners, and policymakers.