Abstract
This paper provides a systematic review of the phenomenon of menopause at the workplace
from a sustainable career perspective, by highlighting its major themes along with the evolution
and tendencies observed in this field. A conceptual science mapping analysis based on co-word
bibliographic networks was developed, using the SciMAT tool. From 1992 to 2020, 185 documents
were retrieved from the Web of Science. In the first analyzed time span (1992–2002), postmenopausal
women, health, and risk factors appeared to be the motor themes (well-developed and important for the
structure of the discipline under focus), and disorder was an emerging or disappearing theme in the
phenomenon under research. In the second studied period (2003–2013), risk and health were motor
themes, menopausal symptoms was a basic or transversal theme (important for the discipline but not
well-developed), coronary heart disease was a specialized theme (well-developed but less important
for the structure of the research field), and postmenopausal women was an emerging or disappearing
theme (both weakly developed and marginal to the field). In the third studied period (2014–2020),
menopause, breast cancer, and menopausal symptoms were motor themes, Anxiety was a specialized
theme and risk and body mass index were emerging or disappearing themes. Sustainability of women’s
careers in the second half of life is of increasing importance given the increasing equal representation
of men and women in working organizations, and the impact of the changing nature of work in the
21st century on older workers.
from a sustainable career perspective, by highlighting its major themes along with the evolution
and tendencies observed in this field. A conceptual science mapping analysis based on co-word
bibliographic networks was developed, using the SciMAT tool. From 1992 to 2020, 185 documents
were retrieved from the Web of Science. In the first analyzed time span (1992–2002), postmenopausal
women, health, and risk factors appeared to be the motor themes (well-developed and important for the
structure of the discipline under focus), and disorder was an emerging or disappearing theme in the
phenomenon under research. In the second studied period (2003–2013), risk and health were motor
themes, menopausal symptoms was a basic or transversal theme (important for the discipline but not
well-developed), coronary heart disease was a specialized theme (well-developed but less important
for the structure of the research field), and postmenopausal women was an emerging or disappearing
theme (both weakly developed and marginal to the field). In the third studied period (2014–2020),
menopause, breast cancer, and menopausal symptoms were motor themes, Anxiety was a specialized
theme and risk and body mass index were emerging or disappearing themes. Sustainability of women’s
careers in the second half of life is of increasing importance given the increasing equal representation
of men and women in working organizations, and the impact of the changing nature of work in the
21st century on older workers.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 12559 |
Number of pages | 21 |
Journal | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health |
Volume | 18 |
Issue number | 23 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Dec 2021 |
Keywords
- Menopause
- Science mapping approach
- Sustainable career perspective
- Workplace