Happiness management and university entrepreneurship: literature review

Abstract

The increasing importance of the concept of happiness management in the last 10 years makes it necessary to review the literature to assess the main lines of research and the possible gaps. Additionally, there is a need for more business and entrepreneurship education within universities. Therefore, this paper aims to contribute to the advancement of happiness management in the context of university entrepreneurship, where the existing relationships between the constructs happiness management and entrepreneurship and happiness and entrepreneurship are identified. In this work a literature review is made, where through five filtering processes a total of 391 articles selected as object of study are reached. Subsequently, the state of the art is discussed and the thematic areas of research on university entrepreneurship in relation to happiness management are identified, which are: the analysis of management and business organization, the business models, the types of entrepreneurships, the financing and the capabilities and training as the most prominent topics. In the end, the contributions of this study to the state of the art and the conclusions reached are mentioned, determining, through the identification of the different thematic areas, the roadmap for the implementation of future happiness management strategies within university entrepreneurship.