Gender, family business background and entrepreneurial intentions in an emerging economy

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 217 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Venkatapathy ◽  
P. Pretheeba
Keyword(s):  
Family Business ◽  
Emerging Economy ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intentions

Entrepreneurial intentions of university students in an emerging economy

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 162-179 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael James Mustafa ◽  
Ernesto Hernandez ◽  
Christopher Mahon ◽  
Lai Kei Chee
Keyword(s):  
Emerging Economies ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Emerging Economy ◽  
Concept Development ◽  
Proactive Personality ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intentions ◽  
Content Type ◽  
University Support ◽  
Development Support ◽  
The University

Purpose This paper aims to develop an empirical model that examines whether a student’s proactive personality or the university support environment (education support, concept development support and business development support) affects their entrepreneurial intentions. Additionally, the relative strengths of a student’s proactive personality and the university environment influences are compared. Design/methodology/approach A total of 141 students attending a well-established and internationally renowned Malaysian higher education institution completed a questionnaire survey. Results were based on correlation and regression analysis. Findings Results indicate that a proactive personality and concept development support have significant impact on students’ entrepreneurial intentions. Additionally, the results showed that a student’s proactive personality had a greater effect on their entrepreneurial intentions than that of the university support environment. Originality/value The paper demonstrates one of the few attempts to examine the effects of both a proactive personality and university support environment on entrepreneurial intentions in an emerging economy context. Specifically, we reconfirm students’ personality traits as a more important predictor of their entrepreneurial intentions than environmental factors in the Malaysian context. Additionally, by also demonstrating concept development support as a significant predictor of entrepreneurial intentions, we provide new insights into how universities in emerging economies can foster the entrepreneurial intentions of their students. This result adds to the academic literature on entrepreneurial intentions in emerging economies.

Influence of the Institutional Environment on Entrepreneurial Intentions in an Emerging Economy

2013 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 179-191 ◽  
Author(s):  
Boris Urban
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Public Policy ◽  
Emerging Economies ◽  
Institutional Environment ◽  
Emerging Market ◽  
Emerging Economy ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intentions ◽  
Institutional Pressures ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Policy Makers

Building on the literature on institutions, this paper examines the regulatory, normative and cognitive institutional dimensions that may influence entrepreneurial intentions in an emerging market context. Recognizing that idiosyncrasies and barriers in the institutional dimensions of emerging economies contrast with those of the developed market economies, hypotheses are formulated and tested using correlation and regression analyses. Results from a sample of 199 respondents indicate that perceptions of the different institutional dimensions are positively but not significantly correlated with entrepreneurial intentions. These findings suggest that public policy makers and market entrants need to be aware of the less than favourable conditions for entrepreneurship in South Africa, and of the numerous and often conflicting institutional pressures and constraints faced by potential entrepreneurs.

scholarly journals My mother-in-law does not like it: resources, social norms, and entrepreneurial intentions of women in an emerging economy

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shamsul Karim ◽  
Caleb Kwong ◽  
Mili Shrivastava ◽  
Jagannadha Pawan Tamvada
Keyword(s):  
Resource Availability ◽  
Emerging Economy ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intentions ◽  
Structural Constraints ◽  
Family Status ◽  
Women Entrepreneurship ◽  
Mixed Methods Approach ◽  
It Resources ◽  
Normative Constraints ◽  
New Evidence

AbstractThis paper provides new evidence at the intersectionality of gender, family status, and culture by focusing on a previously little researched group of middle-class women in an emerging economy. While the existing literature examines both structural and normative constraints for women entrepreneurship, little is known about the gains from relaxing structural constraints for women when compared to men. In addition to examining this new question, the paper sheds light on the binding nature of normative constraints for women entrepreneurship that persist in a patriarchal developing economy even when structural constraints are significantly eased. Using a mixed-methods approach, the empirical results suggest that higher resource availability differentially impacts the entrepreneurial intentions of women when compared to men indicating the strong presence of normative barriers that inhibit their entrepreneurship. These normative barriers emerge through the roles people play within women life spheres inhibiting their entrepreneurial intentions.

scholarly journals Who is more entrepreneurial? A comparative study of vocational and academic students

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arun Bhattacharyya ◽  
Narottam Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Family Business ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intentions ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Academic Literature ◽  
The Social ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Vocational Student ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Academic Group

Purpose Research in the context of an individual’s choice of an entrepreneurial career has looked at effect of perceived self-efficacy (PSE), personality characteristics (PC) and subjective norms on entrepreneurial intentions (EIs). In contrast, the purpose of this paper is to compare these constructs across a vocational student (VC) group and an academic group (AC), in a supportive entrepreneurial ecosystem. It also includes PC of the individuals as a variable. Design/methodology/approach The analysis is based on a quantitative method followed by a qualitative approach to gain more insights in the study domain. It includes administration of a survey questionnaire and a round of unstructured interviews with select students. Findings Theorizing that there would be significant differences in PSE, PC and EIs between the two groups, the study demonstrates that for all the three variables, individuals opting for a vocational course exhibit significant difference as compared to an academic group. The results are significant when controlled for family business background and gender. Originality/value This paper has contributed to the academic literature in the entrepreneurship domain by differentiating the choice of an academic course prior to taking up a career in entrepreneurship and how it impacts entrepreneurial orientations. These interrelationships can further be extended into the domain of social media and networks, to draw interesting insights pertaining to how students get influenced by the social media in their choice of entrepreneurial career.

The effect of family business exposure on individuals' entrepreneurial intentions: an institutional theory perspective

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarfraz Zaman ◽  
Muhammad Arshad ◽  
Naheed Sultana ◽  
Sharjeel Saleem
Keyword(s):  
Institutional Theory ◽  
Family Business ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intentions ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Institutional Forces ◽  
Micro Level ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to examine the effect of family business exposure on individuals' entrepreneurial intentions (EIs). By applying the institutional framework at the micro level, this study proposed the mediation of three types of institutional forces (coercive, normative and mimetic) between the relationship of family business exposure and EIs.Design/methodology/approachData were collected from 367 university students in Pakistan. The survey design was used for the data collection. The measurement and hypothesized models were tested using the structural equation modeling technique in Mplus 7.0.FindingsThe findings of this study revealed that family business exposure positively influenced the institutional forces (coercive, normative and mimetic) which further developed the individuals' EIs. However, family business exposure did not affect the EIs directly that showed the full mediation of institutional forces between the relationship of family business exposure and EIs.Originality/valueThis is the first study in its nature which applied institutional theory from the macro level to the micro level within the context of family business. The results revealed the institutional forces as the underpinning mechanism which explains the relationship between family business exposure and EIs.

Informal Entrepreneurship and Past Experience in an Emerging Economy

2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-175 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cory R. A. Hallam ◽  
Gianluca Zanella
Keyword(s):  
Informal Economy ◽  
Cognitive Process ◽  
Theory Of Planned Behaviour ◽  
Emerging Economy ◽  
Subjective Norms ◽  
Past Experience ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intentions ◽  
Necessity Entrepreneurship ◽  
Informal Economies ◽  
Informal Entrepreneurship

Informal economies account for up to 70 per cent of GDP in developing countries, but few studies have explored informal entrepreneurship. To fill this gap, an exploratory study involving 855 university students in an emerging economy applies the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) to study the cognitive process of informal entrepreneurship. The effect of past experience (PE) and necessity entrepreneurship on the intention to start a business is also explored. Our findings provide evidence that the decision to start a business in the informal economy reinforces the effect of subjective norms on entrepreneurial intentions (EIs). Implications for education programmes and for theory are discussed.

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