A BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF INTOLERANCE OF UNCERTAINTY STUDIES

Abstract

One of the concepts that attempts to explain individuals’ levels of making sense of uncertainty and intolerance of uncertainty is intolerance to uncertainty. Since uncertainty is one of the most fundamental dynamics of our age, how both organizations and individuals can increase their tolerance for uncertainty or reduce their intolerance to uncertainty is one of the most discussed topics in organizational life. The most valuable resource of organizations is their employees. The concept of intolerance of uncertainty, which refers to how employees make sense of uncertain situations and directly affect risk-taking behavior, is crucial in helping organizations compete sustainably. Therefore, the intolerance of uncertainty is also related to productivity and organizational outcomes. This study aims to evaluate the research conducted between 1953 and 2023 in the fields of Business, Management, and Social Sciences on the subject of intolerance of uncertainty, scanned in the Scopus database, by subjecting them to bibliometric analysis. The study sample consists of 81 articles published in the Scopus database. Python and Vosviewer programs were used for the bibliometric analysis of the obtained data. In addition to descriptive statistics in the light of the data obtained within the scope of the research, Co-occurrence, co-authorship, citation, bibliographic combination, and co-citation features were examined. As a result of the study, intolerance to uncertainty has increased with the COVID-19 pandemic, which has affected the world as of the end of 2020. Journals with the most articles on intolerance of uncertainty include “Mindfulness,” “Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science,” “Child Development,” and “Nurse Education in Practice” journals. A total of 226 keywords were used in 81 articles. In the common word analysis applied to articles related to intolerance of uncertainty, the most frequently mentioned words are “intolerance,” “uncertainty,” “anxiety,” “covid-19,” “pandemic,” and “mindfulness.” The USA has the most published researchers on intolerance of uncertainty—81 articles constituting the research sample of 249 authors. While the number of articles with a single author is 11, the number of articles with more than one author is 70. The collaboration index between authors is 3.11. The maximum H-index is 1. The total number of citations is 1113.