Entrepreneurship in Latin America from a sociological perspective: a systematic literature review (2020-2025)
Abstract
Introduction: In Latin America, entrepreneurship has traditionally been analyzed through administrative and economic lenses, often overlooking its sociological implications. This study re-conceptualizes entrepreneurship as a social ordeal analyzing how individuals navigate structural constraints, labor informality, and neoliberal mandates within the framework of the sociology of individuation.
Methods: Following PRISMA 2020 guidelines, a Mixed Methods Systematic Review (MMSR) with a convergent design was conducted on a corpus of 74 articles (2020-2025). Quantitative descriptive analysis (SPSS) and qualitative interpretative analysis (MAXQDA) were integrated to triangulate thematic trends, geographical distributions, and discursive patterns.
Results: The findings reveal an epistemological diversity in regional production: Brazilian literature critiques the "uberization" of work, while Mexican research emphasizes resilience and adaptation. Colombia recognizes entrepreneurship as subsistence perspective. A predominant trend toward group-level analysis identifies entrepreneurship as a collective survival strategy rather than individual innovation. Furthermore, entrepreneurship acts as a social escape valve of the workforce in informality, where autonomy is a forced management of precariousness.
Discussion: The study proposes understanding entrepreneurship as a social ordeal, generating a model to increase the comprehension of the phenomenon in Latin America, where individual…
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