Portraits of Individual Performance at Work: A Review of the High Literature

Individual performance at work is fundamental to the effective functioning of any organization. Due to its importance, it is one of the most relevant and researched constructs in people management, and organizational behavior studies. However, few studies are dedicated to analyzing the state of the art on the subject, especially in the post COVID-19 pandemic scenario, an event that has generated significant changes in the contemporary work context. Therefore, this paper presents a systematic review with bibliometric analysis of the literature on individual performance at work between 2016 and 2023, based on journals with a high impact factor. 145 articles published in journals with a JCR above 8 were reviewed. The findings confirm that individual performance at work is a criterion variable that is predominantly investigated using quantitative methods, and suggest opportunities to advance the theoretical definition of the construct, as well as the development of measurement instruments consistent with its multidimensionality.