Entreprenerial Behaviour in the Last Decade: A systematic Review.

Abstract

The study systematically reviews issues on Entrepreneurial Behaviour (EB). Entrepreneurial Behaviour is key to innovation, as the entrepreneurial desire for change goes hand in hand with the innovation process and a change in existing institutions and the status quo. This study reviewed some basic issues relating to EB research and adopted a Systematic Assessments Quantitative Technique (SAQT). This study conducted a systematic review of 109EBarticles published over the last decade (2012-26th April, 2021). EB articles were from six quality academic databases and were systematically reviewed based on the following headings: time geographical distributions. Article type (Conceptual or Empirical), theories, themes and method of data collection. A significant majority of the papers reviewed were empirical in nature (75%). 82 out of (109) while other papers reviewed were conceptual in nature (25%, 27 out 109). This suggests more conceptual studies needed to be conducted in order to have scientific knowledge of EB adoption. Research method used was mostly survey method of data collection. The study revealed that large numbers of the articles were published in 2020, with more publications in USA and China, and more of other data collection methods needed to be used to gain additional knowledge on EB