Reader D, Watkins D "The social and collaborative nature of entrepreneurship scholarship: A co-citation and perceptual analysis " ENTREPRENEURSHIP THEORY AND PRACTICE 30 (3): 417-441 MAY 2006

[Eugene Garfield]

E-mail Addresses:
Diana Reader : d.reader at bathspa.ac.uk

Title: The social and collaborative nature of entrepreneurship scholarship:
A co-citation and perceptual analysis

Author(s): Reader D, Watkins D

Source: ENTREPRENEURSHIP THEORY AND PRACTICE 30 (3): 417-441 MAY 2006

Document Type: Article
Language: English
Cited References: 48      Times Cited: 2

Abstract:
This article explores the structure of the "metafield" of entrepreneurship
in two related ways. First, author co-citation analysis establishes a
collective view of the structure of the entrepreneurship literature as
perceived by its research-active members. The co-citation frequencies of 78
prominent entrepreneurship researchers were analyzed using multivariate
techniques. Cluster analysis and multidimensional scaling were used to
explore the intellectual structure of entrepreneurship research by
identifying groups of scholars whose work falls into similar areas. Factor
analysis was then used to identify the underlying themes that characterize
and define the field. Finally, the scholars within these nominal groupings
were approached using individualized questionnaires to explore what social
interactions might parallel, reflect, or underpin the intellectual ones.
The study has given empirical support to a number of oft-quoted beliefs
about entrepreneurship as a field of study, such as: (1) the occurrence of
fragmentation from an early stage in its development; (2) that the
difficulty of categorizing subfields unambiguously mirrors that in the
metafield itself; (3) that there is a relative paucity of scholarship cited
across-as opposed to within-these subfields; and (4) that there is
evolution within the meta-field of national differences in the topics
studied and citation patterns thereto. In addition, the study demonstrates
that there are real and robust social and collaborative networks underlying
the generation of the work which is cited jointly by third parties. The
latter authors may be unaware of these networks. Equally, the co-cited
authors, while recognizing overlapping interests, may have difficulty in
categorizing this commonality in their contributions. Entrepreneurship
research is shown to be very much a social activity, although this may be
invisible to outsiders or novitiates.


Addresses: Reader D (reprint author), Bath Spa Univ Coll, Newton Pk, Bath,
Avon BA2 9BN England
Bath Spa Univ Coll, Bath, Avon BA2 9BN England
Southampton Solent Univ, Postgrad Res Ctr, Southampton, Hants England

E-mail Addresses: d.reader at bathspa.ac.uk

Publisher: BLACKWELL PUBLISHING, 9600 GARSINGTON RD, OXFORD OX4 2DQ, OXON,
ENGLAND
Subject Category: BUSINESS
IDS Number: 032TZ
ISSN: 1042-2587


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