Psychological capital and entrepreneurship: A systematic literature review of a growing research agenda
Purpose: Psychological resources are determinant for the entrepreneur's individual performance.Psychological capital has been seen as one of the pillars of entrepreneurship and this is one of thereasons that the study of the relationship between these two constructs is emerging. The primary foc...
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| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Data de publicação: | 2023 |
| País: | España |
| Recursos: | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) |
| Repositório: | UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/394869 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://hdl.handle.net/2117/394869 https://dx.doi.org/10.3926/ic.2196 |
| Access Level: | Acceso aberto |
| Palavra-chave: | Entrepreneurship Psychology, Industrial Intellectual capital Psychological Capital Systematic literature review Emprenedoria Psicologia industrial Capital intel·lectual Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Economia i organització d'empreses::Gestió i direcció |
| Resumo: | Purpose: Psychological resources are determinant for the entrepreneur's individual performance.Psychological capital has been seen as one of the pillars of entrepreneurship and this is one of thereasons that the study of the relationship between these two constructs is emerging. The primary focusof this article is to analyze the development in the literature on entrepreneurship and psychologicalcapital, as well as providing a set of avenues for future research. Design/methodology: This systematic review used the PRISMA Protocol and the VOS viewersoftware for cluster analysis. The articles gathered for this article cover the annual period from 2013 to2022 and allow the identification and analysis of the main themes on psychological capital andentrepreneurship.Findings: The systematic analysis brought to light integrative relationships between the concepts ofpositive psychological capital and entrepreneurship, which allowed the construction of an overview ofthis spectrum of study. This resulted in four large groups of analysis that point the direction of theliterature. The main contributions resulted in the presentation of principles and recent scientific ideaswhich consider psychological capital as a valuable resource for entrepreneurship.Originality/value: This systematic review of the literature contributes to a more robust and groundedunderstanding of this relationship. In addition, this research provides an incisive understanding ofpsychological capital and the entrepreneurship research agenda with the aim of being a starting point fordeepening knowledge about the synergies of studies on both themes. Finally, a set of future lines ofstudy is also proposed |
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