Abstract Research on identity in entrepreneurship represents a central, dynamic, and quickly growing field of research. Yet, rapid growth has led to a diversity of theoretical conversations and methodological advancements that has yielded a largely disjointed body of existing work. To advance research in this area, we systematically review 180 articles on identity(ies) in entrepreneurship from the last 20 years. We conducted a bibliometric analysis using terms in the keywords, titles, and abstracts of identified articles to examine the co-occurrence of these terms. We then develop an organizing framework that reflects four unique conversations within the body of research—distinctions, variations, constructions, and intersections—and highlight the key research questions and themes studied with each conversation. We chart a path for future research that reflects the broad spectrum of views in the literature and propose new opportunities for research that takes a network-based approach, explores post-emergent venture states of identity, and moves the study of identity to the digital world of online communities.

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创业中身份认同研究的回顾和未来议程

摘要 创业中的身份研究代表了一个核心的、动态的、快速发展的研究领域。然而，快速增长导致了各种理论对话和方法论的进步，从而产生了大量脱节的现有工作。为了推进该领域的研究，我们系统地回顾了过去 20 年来关于创业中身份认同的 180 篇文章。我们使用已识别文章的关键词、标题和摘要中的术语进行了文献计量分析，以检查这些术语的共现情况。然后，我们开发了一个组织框架，该框架反映了研究主体内的四个独特对话——区别、变化、结构和交叉——并突出了每个对话研究的关键研究问题和主题。