A Systematic Literature Review of Teacher Entrepreneurship

Abstract

Teacher entrepreneurship has received increasing attention over the past 15 years. However, the concept remains underdeveloped and understudied. To fill this gap in the literature, we aim to conceptualize teacher entrepreneurship through a systematic literature review of current scholarly work on the topic. Results of our study provide competencies and traits which are commonly attributed to teacher entrepreneurs, along with actions which they carry out. Teacher entrepreneurs are socially motivated individuals who are innovative, collaborative, proactive, opportunity-minded, present in their work, knowledgeable, dedicated, resourceful, risk tolerant, visionary, and self-improvement oriented. Actions related to these competencies along with more detailed examples from the literature are provided. This systematic conceptualization of teacher entrepreneurship could potentially create a scholarly basis for future work to build on, both in the education and entrepreneurship fields. Interdisciplinary work of this kind may also open doors for these two fields to learn from and contribute to each other. Results of this study can also facilitate the recognition and support of current teacher entrepreneurs and help pave the way for new entrepreneurs to flourish.

International entrepreneurship education for pre-service teachers: a longitudinal study

“…The characteristics that were most often mentioned by respondents during their interviews and after participating in each of the IWLs were creativity, teamwork, openmindedness, innovation and passion, in line with authors such as Keyhani and Kim (2020); Raine and Pandya (2019) and Syae (2020). The characteristics that the participants repeated every time they were asked, in addition to the previous ones, included motivation, hard work, risk-taking, ability to deal with challenges, taking the initiative, proactivity, organisation skills, perseverance, and leadership and communication skills, as well as an ability to adapt, be positive and make decisions.…”

“…Considering the characteristics of entrepreneurs, it could be concluded that the students were not misdirected, since there are a large number of studies on the characteristics of entrepreneurs, but none has been able to validate the characteristics of a successful entrepreneur (Bucardo et al, 2015), successfully conceptualised the term teacherpreneur (Keyhani and Kim, 2020), or determined the basic skills of the teacherpreneur.…”

“…Teacherpreneurs are professionals who are passionate about teaching, have a positive attitude and a great ability to inspire others, as listed in Table 1. Finally, a study recently carried out by Keyhani and Kim (2020) based on a systematic literature review of teacher entrepreneurship should also be borne in mind. In an attempt to conceptualise the term, they concluded that entrepreneurial teachers are socially motivated, innovative, collaborative, proactive, opportunity-minded, fully present in their work, knowledgeable, dedicated, resourceful, risk tolerant, visionary and self-improvement oriented.…”

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“…Apart from broadening the scope of the study to an international context, it would be interesting to pursue further research regarding the characteristics of entrepreneurs and/or innovators from an educational perspective, as there is still much to be done in this area. A highly current systematic review of teacher entrepreneurship could be considered as a starting point (Keyhani and Kim, 2020). It would also be a very useful to adopt a common, consensual definition of innovation and entrepreneurship, together with entrepreneurial and innovative competences.…”

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“…Entrepreneurship is a growing public concern worldwide, and it has gained scholars' attention from around the world (Keyhani & Kim, 2020;Ratten & Jones, 2020). The underlying rationale is that ABOUT THE AUTHOR Djoko Dwi Kusumojanto is an Associate professor specializing on Business educational, entrepreneurship education, and entrepreneurship at Faculty of Economics, Universitas Negeri Malang, Indonesia.…”