Conceptual Mapping of Employees’ Entrepreneurial Behavior in Government Organizations Using a Scientometric Approach

Document Type : Management & Entrepreneurship

Authors

1 Ph.D Candidate, Department of entrepreneurship, Qazvin Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qazvin, Iran.

2 Associate Professor; New Business Group , Faculty of Entrepreneurship , University of Tehran , Tehran , Iran.

3 Assistant Professor, Faculty of Entrepreneurship, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Concept mapping of employee entrepreneurial behavior in government organizations (Scientometric approach). Attention to entrepreneurship in organization has become increasingly important in recent years. Most researchers have been looking for why and how employee entrepreneurial behavior develops and they acknowledge this is an effective factor in the profitability of organizations. However, researches in this scope, especially in the institutional context of Iran are scattered and limited. This research that has been done with the scientometrics method and as well evaluation techniques and content analysis of documents, intends to examine studies in this area and by arranging research, provide a conceptual and integrated model by using content analysis of documents. Statistical population of this research is all related documentation provided in Scopus database which includes 1726 documents until 2019 and evaluation and illustration have been done with by using bibexcel and VOSviewer. Based on the classification of all documents, Research on "Employee Entrepreneurial Behavior" is divided into the three sections. Dimensions related to individual factors include "Acquisitive and Inherent", dimensions related to organizational factors include "Dynamics, Culture, Supporting, Learning" and dimensions of the consequences include "Organizational entrepreneurship development, improved performance". Finally, based on identified research gaps, suggestions for future research are provided.

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