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Selection of Studies
Firstly, the selected database is searched using the chosen keywords. To ensure a
structured review process, PRISMA has been utilised. For conducting this research,
the following keywords were used: "HR analytics", "People Analytics", "Workforce
Analytics", "Talent Analytics", "Human Capital Analytics", "Employee Analytics",
"HR metrics", "People Data Analytics", "Workforce Data Analytics". We combined
keywords to run the search queries and shortlisted 198 research papers (Figure 1). To
ensure that only relevant studies were included in the review, we specified the
inclusion and exclusion criteria prior to the literature search [Xie L. 2018]. These
papers were first checked to eliminate duplicates that resulted from similar keywords,
and then the following formula was applied for the inclusion of papers:

1) Papers are limited to business, management and accounting.
2) Only papers written in English and published in peer-reviewed academic journals
were retained [Saggese S, Sarto F, Cuccurullo C. 2015].

Records identified through Based on the
the Scopus database (721) initial search
Identification

198 records after applying 523 records were
inclusion/exclusion criteria removed

Screening Articles reviewed based on

title and abstract pertinent

Analytics (n=198)
to the domain of HR

Retained for complete
Eligibility paper analysis

Figure 1. Methodology employed in retrieving literature

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