Is It Because I Can or Because of Who I Am?. The moderating effect of entrepreneurs’ social identity on entrepreneurial self-efficacys'- entrepreneurial intention relationship
- Autores: Maria Gonzalez Canosa, Fabian Osorio Tinoco, Joan Lluís Capelleras i Segura, Catherine Krauss, Fernando Pereira Laverde
- Localización: Journal of Technology Management & Innovation, ISSN-e 0718-2724, Vol. 16, Nº. 4, 2021, págs. 46-55
- Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
The main purpose of this paper is to examine whether potential entrepreneurs are mainly driven by entrepreneurial skills or by a social identity to engage in entrepreneurial behaviors. Using a sample of 696 Colombian students from the data of Global University Entrepreneurial Spirit Students‘Survey (GUESSS), findings confirm Darwinian and Missionary social identity influence entrepreneurial intention positively. Fur-thermore, we find that the more a person identifies with a Darwinian social identity, the less entrepreneurial intention depends on entrepreneurial self-efficacy, while the contrary happens for missionary social identity. This study provides empirical evidence that competence, and identification influence the entrepreneurial process. Additionally, this study provides an explanation in a new setting, about why some individuals with strong entrepreneurial self-efficacy do not exhibit strong entrepreneurial intention
