Systematic literature review in knowledge management and employee performance, in general, has been rapidly performed during the last decade. However, this study discusses knowledge management and employee performance with the aim of this research to research the literature and discussion of articles. The purpose of this study is to review the literature and review the articles related to the effect of knowledge management on employee performance. This study intend to provide comprehensive information on the trends, methodologies, the knowledge management practices and the applications used to knowledge management about improving employee performance. A systematic literature review was conducted, and three screenings were performed to refine the articles. Articles were extracted only from Scopus. A total of 34 articles were considered to meet the selection criteria was reviewed, analyzed, and important information was extracted. The data were processed by using bibliometric tool in VOSviewer and Microsoft Excel. The results of this systematic review give some key learning of the trends on the used to knowledge management about improving employee performance in the last decade and also provide a background for future research related to the fields.