Determinants of Employee Behavior in The Pharmaceutical Industry: A Thematic Literature Review

This is a review paper on factors that influence employee behavior in the pharmaceutical industry. Objectives of study include thematically analyze and differentiate the literature, identify factors influencing, classify the identified factors into thematic categories, explain the observed relationships between the thematic categories, the identified factors, and employee behavior. During this study, we have reviewed 90 literatures published between 1976 to 2025. Afterward each paper is thematically categorized and analyzed for the most frequent category of factor influencing employee behavior in the pharmaceutical industry. This paper found that employee behavior in the pharmaceutical industry is affected by leadership and management practices and policies, Nature of work and work environment, psychological and physical state of employees at workplace and work time, and social environment which affect employees in day to day workplace.