Focusing on Entrepreneurial Motivation from a Bibliometric Perspective

Examining entrepreneurial motivations is an increasingly prominent area of research in the international literature. Different studies have identified different results and motivational factors. Reviewing the relevant literature, there still needs to be a consensus among theorists on which intrinsic and extrinsic motivational factors play a key role in becoming an entrepreneur. The chapter aims to map how the term “entrepreneurial motivation” appears in scientific publications and identify the authors, institutions and countries with a particularly high citation rate for this term. The ultimate objective of the authors is to identify networks or clusters of links between specific authors, institutions, and countries and, not least, to present results that will provide an accurate picture of the publication-authorship links in the international literature in this field.