Conclusion
The bibliometric study is intended to research the individual-performance field during the time period of 2006-2015 and to help to fill a gap in the literature, since most of the work on job performance, as shown here, is empirical. Moreover, it contributes by proposing reflections intended to generate a research agenda on the topic. Therefore, understanding how performance has been portrayed is a key point in filling possible knowledge and research gaps. In turn, some limitations can be pointed out. It should be emphasized that the authors did not intend to exhaust the international production of this study. In fact, the search has been restricted to the most relevant journals in the areas of management and psychology. Th is restriction served as a fi lter of the quality of the articles. Th is type of mapping has the potential to contribute to the direction of the theoretical construct that promotes the advancement of scientifi c knowledge in the fi eld at various levels of analysis. Despite the limitations described for now, the balance here laid out allows for a preliminary mapping of the recent international production concerning the construct performance. In this sense, the results showed the importance of performance in organizational studies, especially in understanding what factors (or variables) contribute to increase in job performance. Studies focused on the dimensions of adaptive and counterproductive performance are needed. Th ere are great opportunities for research to rebuild the already established theories and to propose new theories, new models, and new relationships between job performance and other organizational variables.
