Systematic Bibliometric Analysis of Entrepreneurial Intention and Behavior Research

Jiahao Zhuang; Hongyi Sun

doi:10.3390/admsci15080290

Systematic Bibliometric Analysis of Entrepreneurial Intention and Behavior Research

Jiahao Zhuang, Hongyi Sun^*

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Department of Systems Engineering

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Abstract

Entrepreneurship serves as a vital engine of economic development, yet the mechanisms translating entrepreneurial intention into behavior have gradually emerged. This study employs bibliometric analysis of 61 SSCI-indexed articles (2014–2024) using CiteSpace to examine co-authorship networks, co-citation patterns, and research hotspots. Our findings demonstrate that individual-level factors (personality traits, entrepreneurial self-efficacy, and entrepreneurship education) drive both entrepreneurial intention and entrepreneurial behavior. More importantly, environmental factors (university milieu, regional social legitimacy, and national cultural dimensions) moderate the relationship between entrepreneurial intention and behavior. The study also identifies a temporal pattern in the entrepreneurial intention–behavior correlation. These results advance theoretical understanding of the intention–behavior transition and offer practical insights for entrepreneurship education and policy design. © 2025 by the authors.

Original language	English
Article number	290
Number of pages	20
Journal	Administrative Sciences
Volume	15
Issue number	8
Online published	24 Jul 2025
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/admsci15080290
Publication status	Published - Aug 2025

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The research reported in this paper was supported by a research project at the City University of Hong Kong (6000910, Generative AI-enhanced Entrepreneurship Education by Integrating the PIPE Syllabus and the EARS Template).

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SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth

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a bibliometric analysis
co-authorship analysis
co-citation analysis
entrepreneurial behavior
entrepreneurial intention
future research directions

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Systematic Bibliometric Analysis of Entrepreneurial Intention and Behavior Research

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