Social entrepreneurship: a bibliometric approach in the administration and business field

Authors

  • Viviane Celina Carmona Professora, Ciências Gerenciais, Universidade Nove de Julho, São Paulo, Brasil.
  • Cristina Dai Pra Martens Professora, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Administração, Universidade Nove de Julho, São Paulo, Brasil. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0955-9786
  • Ana Luisa Dal Belo Carneiro Leão Doutoranda, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Administração, Universidade Nove de Julho, São Paulo, Brasil. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3803-2687
  • Vânia Maria Jorge Nassif Professora, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Administração, Universidade Nove de Julho, São Paulo, Brasil. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3601-2831
  • Henrique Mello Rodrigues de Freitas Professor, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Administração, Universidade Nove de Julho, São Paulo, Brasil.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18046/j.estger.2018.149.2912

Keywords:

Social entrepreneurship, Bibliometrics, Scientific production

Abstract

This paper analyzes the research studies on social entrepreneurship (SE) and maps out the study axes on this subject. A bibliometric method was used in order to analyze 296 scientific papers available in Scopus database, which were published between 1988 and 2016. The study made it possible to verify the evolution of the study of SE throughout the time, authorship and co-authoring, as well as retrieval of similar words. The results yielded four research categories: SE studies, society, education and housing policies. An exploratory factor analysis resulted in six factors that map the study fields in ES. The research study revealed the difficulty to define the notion of SE, the motivations of social entrepreneurs, as well as their traits and competences.

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2018-12-19

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Social entrepreneurship: a bibliometric approach in the administration and business field. (2018). Estudios Gerenciales, 34(149), 399-410. https://doi.org/10.18046/j.estger.2018.149.2912