Heterogeneity in entrepreneurial intent: the role of gender across countries

被引:28
作者
Micozzi, Alessandra [1 ]
Lucarelli, Caterina [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Politecn Marche, Ancona, Italy
关键词
Gender theory; Women's entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurship; Woman entrepreneurship; Gender; Heterogeneity;
D O I
10.1108/IJGE-06-2015-0021
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
Purpose - This paper aims to improve knowledge of individual heterogeneity in affecting the entrepreneurial attitude, taking socioeconomic drivers under control thanks to a cross-country analysis. The authors operate a "selection" of proxy for individual heterogeneity, mainly based on gender, demographical features, personal attitude and intrinsic motivation. Design/methodology/approach - This exploration is supported by an empirical analysis based on the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM), for the period 2001-2012, and for a selection of 37 countries. It is expected that gender and further individual variables have an impact on the probability to become a nascent entrepreneur (e.g. age, level of education, self-confidence, social perception of self-employment as career choice). This paper evaluates the degree of consistency of these variables across very dissimilar countries. Findings - Gender and confidence on own skill play a significant and consistent effect on the entrepreneurial attitude, so these personal features are, per se, the driving-strength of entrepreneurial intent. Conversely, fear of failure and belief on the status are not always statistically significant, or not homogenous in their relationship: socioeconomic or country-specific characteristics are strong and sort out in an unpredictable relationship between these variables and the willingness to run new ventures. Research limitations/implications - A limited selection of individual features constrained by availability of information from the GEM data set. Practical implications - The motivation of this paper is to focus-back attention on intra-individual features that may affect entrepreneurship and to support evidence of whether individual heterogeneity is able to affect the entrepreneurial attitude, taking socioeconomic drivers under control. Social implications - An institutional and political commitment should be intensified to reduce the waste of opportunities that is associated with any forms of self-exclusion from entrepreneurship, such as those based on gender (being women) or (low) self-esteem. Originality/value - Due to the "individual" perspective, this paper adds to previous studies that exploited the GEM data set because they mostly follow an institutional conceptual framework.
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页码:173 / 194
页数:22
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