The act of pursuing one’s own ideas and turn them into a business is a gratifying and rewarding pursuit. Entrepreneurship allows people to create careers that align with their values, like helping others or protecting the environment, and thereby give them a mental and emotional satisfaction that other careers can’t.
Entrepreneurship is a multifaceted social phenomenon that requires complex interactions between people and their societal contexts in which they work, live and play as well as learn. It is therefore often regarded as a major field of study in the social sciences. It is also an inter-disciplinary area that draws from the disciplines of law, anthropology and public policy, as well as sociology management, management and management.
We map the research on the entrepreneurship of non-business students in this article and provide a framework for existing research based on the four dimensions of social-learning – observational learning, the role of peers and mentors and the entrepreneurial ecosystem as a platform to social-learning, as well as the impact of institutions. We further discuss how this framework can be used in a more systematic manner to guide research and development of entrepreneurship education in the future. We also present a comprehensive analysis of bibliometrics, supported by VOSviewer, Bibliometrix and highlighting the most well-known authors, institutions including countries, seminars, seminars journals, and topics. This provides a complete and in-depth understanding of the present state of the art. The analysis also provides insight into possible future research areas and the knowledge gaps that need to be filled.