Hybrid Entrepreneurship: A Systematic Review

Abstract

This study intends to be a further contribution to the growing academic research on hybrid entrepreneurship. Therefore, the main objective of this study was to investigate the current status of hybrid entrepreneurship. In order to achieve this objective, a computer-assisted bibliographic search was performed on 28 July 2022. This search included all publications in the scientific areas of Business, Management and Accounting and documents of the “Article” type, available in the Scopus and Web of Science (WoS) databases. The search was based on the words “hybrid entrepreneurship”. The articles that include groups of individuals who combine business activities with salaried work were considered. Subsequently, for each article, it was collected information about authorship and publication date, country where the study took place, type of study, sample size, methods, objectives of the study and findings. Twenty articles were selected. The publications aimed to explore the reasons that lead individuals to be hybrid entrepreneurs, the influence of passion around this career, the uncertainty associated with salaried work, the conflict of roles between salaried work and hybrid entrepreneurship, the factors that promote or hamper the transition to hybrid entrepreneurship and/or full-time entrepreneurship, the risk attitudes of hybrid entrepreneurs, the methods of entry into hybrid entrepreneurship and the identification of determinants for hybrid entrepreneurship and its effects.