20.500.12556/RUL-183254 Building evidence for active work through a bibliometric review of employee physical activity and job performance Physical activity (PA) is widely recognized as beneficial for employee health and well-being, yet research linking employee PA to job performance remains fragmented across disciplines, outcome conceptualizations, and theoretical perspectives. Although prior systematic reviews and meta-analyses report generally positive effects of workplace PA on health-, absenteeism-, and productivity-related outcomes, they provide limited insight into how this research field is intellectually structured or how it has evolved over time. To address this gap, we conduct a comprehensive bibliometric review of the employee PA–job performance literature. Using performance analysis alongside co-citation, co-occurrence, and bibliographic coupling techniques and interpreting results through the invisible colleges framework, we trace the field's development, identify its dominant research streams, and integrate them into a coherent conceptual account. The findings reveal a shift from early outcome-focused health and productivity studies toward more differentiated streams addressing employee well-being, cognitive functioning, and productivity-related outcomes. Building on this synthesis, we develop an integrative framework of the employee PA–job performance field, portraying its historical development, underlying theoretical underpinnings, conceptual space, and nomological network and offering guidance for future research at the intersection of employee PA, well-being, cognition, and job performance. personnel occupational health well-being employee physical activity job performance workplace well-being organizational productivity kadri zdravje pri delu dobro počutje delovni učinek true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2026-06-09 14:02:42 2026-06-09 14:05:27 2026-06-10 04:11:02 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2026 0 0 Str. 127-154 iss. 2, article no. 4 Vol. 28 Jun. 2026 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 2026-06-01 331.3 2335-4216 10.15458/2335-4216.1372 280177667 https://www.ebrjournal.net/home/vol28/iss2/4/ 1 2155b43f-63fb-11f1-9b0d-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=235202 Building_Evidence_for_Active_Work_Through_a_Bibliometric_Review_o.pdf Building_Evidence_for_Active_Work_Through_a_Bibliometric_Review_o.pdf 1 1EC84D1E6651FBDA9292805DB8A91254 16568ce8006aa24456a6df826a197c76e770a0c88ce8078e0ee541af7d6cc4f2 728d28a6-63fb-11f1-9b0d-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=235205 Ekonomska fakulteta Economic and business review 0 0 0