Sánchez-García José Carlos, Vargas-Morúa Gioconda, Hernández-Sánchez Brizeida Raquel
Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain.
Front Psychol. 2018 Sep 12;9:1696. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01696. eCollection 2018.
The present article aims to summarize and classify existing research entrepreneurs' well-being through a bibliometric literature review. Its main objectives are: to identify the different theoretical perspectives and research strands that characterize and define literature on entrepreneurs' well-being and highlight the connections between them; as well to look for emerging trends and gaps in its literature by comparing the most recent works with those that represent the field's core. The document is based on bibliometric data: it uses citation techniques to select, analyze, and interpret citation patterns within the literature on entrepreneurs' well-being. The paper identifies six main groups, as well as several specific research flows and common themes that represent academic publications on entrepreneurs' well-being. The research strands on the topic are grouped into six different theoretical perspectives grounded in entrepreneurship related to: culture, education, innovation, sustainable development and small business; psychological well-being; social entrepreneurship and economic development; women and employment; and self-employment; life satisfaction and economic growth, and business administration. Data from the most recent publications were used to verify whether original topics and themes are reflected in contemporary debate and in which fashion. Limitations related to search engines, such as missing keywords were accounted by utilizing three different database as well as expanding keyword number. From a practical perspective, this research is expected to contribute on theory construction, management decision making, and teaching. This study describes the growing development of the literature on entrepreneurs' well-being, and the underlying structure of the different streams of research therein.
本文旨在通过文献计量学文献综述对现有关于创业家幸福感的研究进行总结和分类。其主要目标是：识别表征和界定创业家幸福感文献的不同理论视角和研究方向，并突出它们之间的联系；通过将最新研究成果与代表该领域核心的研究进行比较，寻找该领域文献中的新兴趋势和空白。本文基于文献计量数据：运用引文技术来选择、分析和解释创业家幸福感文献中的引文模式。本文识别出六个主要类别，以及若干代表创业家幸福感学术出版物的特定研究脉络和共同主题。该主题的研究脉络被归为六个不同的理论视角，这些视角基于与以下方面相关的创业学：文化、教育、创新、可持续发展与小企业；心理健康；社会创业与经济发展；女性与就业；个体经营；生活满意度与经济增长，以及企业管理。利用最新出版物的数据来验证原始主题在当代讨论中是否有所体现以及是以何种方式体现的。通过使用三个不同的数据库并增加关键词数量，解决了与搜索引擎相关的局限性，如关键词缺失的问题。从实践角度来看，本研究预计将对理论构建、管理决策和教学有所贡献。本研究描述了创业家幸福感文献的不断发展，以及其中不同研究流派的潜在结构。
