Religion and entrepreneurship: a map of the field and a bibliometric analysis
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Religion and entrepreneurship: a map of the field and a bibliometric analysis Jörn Block1,2 · Christian Fisch1,2 · Farooq Rehan1,3 Received: 12 October 2019 / Accepted: 4 December 2019 © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Abstract Research concerning religion and entrepreneurship has greatly increased over the last years and is scattered across various academic disciplines and fields. To provide an overview, we conduct a systematic literature search leading to a descriptive over‑ view of the field based on 270 articles published in 163 journals. We identify and characterize the most important publications, journals, and authors in the field and map the analyzed religions and regions. Then, we perform a bibliometric analysis to structure the field and identify thematic clusters and author and journal intercon‑ nections and networks. Our study provides a better understanding of the field of reli‑ gion and entrepreneurship research and, based on these results, outlines avenues for future research. Keywords Religion · Entrepreneurship · Bibliometric analysis · Mapping the field · Systematic literature review JEL Classification L26 · M13 · Z12
* Jörn Block block@uni‑trier.de Christian Fisch cfisch@uni‑trier.de Farooq Rehan [email protected] 1
Faculty of Management, Trier University, 54296 Trier, Germany
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Erasmus University Rotterdam, Erasmus School of Economics and Erasmus Institute of Management (ERIM), P.O. Box 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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College of Commerce, Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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1 Introduction Recently, religion has been introduced to entrepreneurship research and has attracted a considerable amount of research interest (Audretsch et al. 2007; Carswell and Rolland 2007; Dana 2009; Dodd and Seaman 1998; Gümüsay 2015; Henley 2017; Parboteeah et al. 2015; Pearce et al. 2010). Religion promotes val‑ ues within societies. In turn, these values shape attitudes and attitudes toward entrepreneurship (Dodd and Seaman 1998; Rehan et al. 2019). Accordingly, reli‑ gion and associated values can both encourage and discourage entrepreneurship (Carswell and Rolland 2007; Dana 2009). Researchers have analyzed the relationship between religion and entrepreneurship from various perspectives, and research related to religion and entrepreneurship is diversified and scattered across disciplines. For example, religion can be regarded as a contextual, cultural or environmental factor at the macro level (Dodd and Sea‑ man 1998; Henley 2017; Parboteeah et al. 2015). However, religion can also be con‑ sidered a factor that creates networks at the micro level (Elo 2016). Our goal is to gain a better understanding of the field’s current state of knowledge in light of this diversity and bridge the different views and perspectives. Therefore, we conduct a systematic literature search leading to a descriptive overview of the field, which we then enrich with a bibliometric analysis. Consequently, our study focuses on the fol‑ lowing rese
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