Neuroscience approach for management and entrepreneurship: a bibliometric analysis

Valentina Cucino,Mariacarmela Passarelli,Alfio Cariola,Alberto Di Minin

doi:10.1108/ejim-01-2021-0015

Abstract

PurposeThis study focuses on the role of individuals in the innovation management process, by concentrating on leaders and associated behaviors. Specifically, Entrepreneurial Leadership (EL) represent one of the most important fields of innovation management that has become increasingly multifaceted and interdisciplinary with its evolution. Thus, the purpose of this study is to examine a newly emerging research trend with a new lens that is “neuroscience”.Design/methodology/approachThis paper finds an evidence-based roadmap by reviewing the literature with a quantitative Bibliometric Analysis (BA) employing Co-Citation (Co-C) and bibliographic coupling analysis (BcA) to find linkages between the leadership and entrepreneurship literature and the neuroscience literature.FindingsThis study identifies five promising groups of research areas such as the organizational approach, the biological approach, the cognitive approach, the emotional approach and it identify five future research topics such as dynamic skills in innovation exploitation process, the human aspect of leadership, the building process of leadership, the biological perspective of leadership and the application of neuroscience in the ecosystem. Moreover, we find an evidence-based roadmap for stimulating focused EL within the broad topic of innovation management research, to move the field forward.Originality/valueAlthough the past few years have observed the necessity of review studies on the subsets of biological factors, no reviews have sought to bring those different subsets together into a broader biological perspective. This study provides important indications on the interdisciplinary developments between the neuroscience aspects and EL, as a new emerging paradigm within the broad field of innovation management.

Highlights

Innovation management is driven by the realization that innovation is a key factor in the competitiveness and survival of an organization (Akbari et al, 2020b; Ort and van der Duin, 2008)
What main research areas are covered by the literature focusing on neuroscience and Entrepreneurial Leadership (EL), within the management field?
Organizational neuroscience holds great promise for the advancement of organizational research and practice (Lee et al, 2012; Powell, 2011; Senior et al, 2011) because it investigates the neural mechanisms involved in perception, attention, categorization, memory, attitudes, language, emotional regulation, executive function, decision making (Cacioppo et al, 2008) it has developed rapidly, it is the subject of methodological challenges that must be considered when conducting research in neuroscience applied to organizational behavior, such as the need to address the methodological and technological challenges of research (Ashkanasy et al, 2014)

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Introduction

Innovation management is driven by the realization that innovation is a key factor in the competitiveness and survival of an organization (Akbari et al, 2020b; Ort and van der Duin, 2008). We focus on the role of individuals in innovation management processes, by concentrating on leaders and associated behaviors (Sj€odin et al, 2019; Zuraik and Kelly, 2019). Due to their prominent role within organizations, leaders affect organizational conditions under which innovation management may be generated and implemented (Crossan and Apaydin, 2010; Alblooshi et al, 2020). Innovation management and entrepreneurship are a combination of the two is vital to organizational success and sustainability in today’s dynamic and changing environment. Innovation and entrepreneurship are not confined to the initial stages of a new venture, rather, they are dynamic and holistic processes in entrepreneurial and innovative organizations (Zhao, 2005)

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