FACULTY RETENTION AND ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT IN HIGHER EDUCATION: BIBLIOMETRIC INSIGHTS FOR BUILDING GREEN AND SUSTAINABLE UNIVERSITIES (2015–2025)

Abstract

This paper presents a systematic bibliometric review of 740 publications published between 2000 and 2025, retrieved from Scopus on 20 September 2025. The analysis employed Bibliometrix (R/Biblioshiny) and VOSviewer to examine publication trajectories, keyword co-occurrence, three-fields plots, and patterns of international collaboration (Aria & Cuccurullo, 2017; Donthu et al., 2021).       Results indicate a steady expansion of the field, with a compound annual growth rate of 7.12 percent from 2015 to 2024. Core constructs such as organizational commitment, job satisfaction, and turnover intention remain influential. At the same time, themes such as employee well-being, burnout, and engagement are increasingly central, reflecting a shift in scholarly attention. Yet the relative absence of concepts like green HRM, ESG, and sustainability in higher education reveals a clear gap in the literature. Building on these insights, the study proposes an integrative framework in which Green HRM influences perceived organizational support and psychological contracts, which in turn foster affective commitment and ultimately strengthen faculty retention. Our analysis suggests that empirical validation of this model should rely on longitudinal designs, structural equation modeling (SEM/PLS), and complementary mixed-method approaches (Xu et al., 2022). From the author’s perspective, explicitly linking Green HRM to faculty-related outcomes is both timely and actionable. Such an agenda would not only advance theoretical debates but also provide practical guidance for decision-makers in resource-constrained private universities.