Training and guidance for entrepreneurship. What bibliometrics and novice entrepreneurs say

Abstract

The current socioeconomic definition requires a deep revision of the meaning of work in the population. When job opportunities are limited and the meaning of work is redefining itself, many people consider the option of self-employment as an alternative to unemployment and job insecurity. However, official reports show high rates of abandonment of business projects in their early years. To understand the reasons for this high level of business failure, we focus our attention on analysing the role that professional guidance plays in the initial phases of entrepreneurship to encourage a deep reflection on the reasons and motivations that lead to undertake a business project. We apply bibliometric analysis to analyse the scientific community's treatment of professional orientation as a promoter of entrepreneurship. We further complete our investigation with the Delphi method, which allows us to approach the real sphere: the opinion of novice entrepreneurs. Using these two methodologies allows generating a space of analysis that permits to redefine the way of acting of the career guidance in front of the entrepreneurship. The results highlight the need to advance the design of guiding and training proposals that motivate entrepreneurship from a holistic point of view.