The beneficial differentiation within entrepreneurship of self-employed, business owner and entrepreneur

Østergaard, Annemarie

doi:10.1177/0950422218816554

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“…Self-employment is understood as a simplified form of entrepreneurship as it requires the use of resources and assuming an independent work status associated with certain economic risks (Startienė et al, 2010;Szarucki et al, 2016). We acknowledge that some differences can be found between self-employed individuals and employers and this requires some cautiousness in interpreting the findings of the article (Østergaard, 2019;Piracha & Vadean, 2010).…”

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Great Expectations: A Regional Study of Entrepreneurship Among Romanian Return Migrants

Croitoru

2020

Sage Open

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This article examines the main determinants for entrepreneurial activities among return migrants in a regional context within Romania. The analytical framework is based on conceptual tools provided by the intersection of entrepreneurship theory and return migration research. The study aimed to answer a set of research questions regarding migrant individuals’ probability for entrepreneurial careers upon return, and Romania constitutes a fertile European origin country for testing them. Returnees are perceived as one of the main transformational forces within the country, and great expectations are related to their entrepreneurial orientation. We test this general assumption using survey data collected from 840 returnees and several logistic regression models which included variables about employment status before the individuals’ first migration, country of destination, length of stay abroad, return reasons, use of savings, and sociodemographics. Individuals’ characteristics as well as features of the migration experiences were found to be highly relevant for predicting the chances of migrants entering into entrepreneurship upon return.

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Great Expectations: A Regional Study of Entrepreneurship Among Romanian Return Migrants

Croitoru

2020

Sage Open

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“…Entrepreneurship is a widely researched area in the field of management (Baumol, 1996;Bandura 1986;Bird 1988;Esfandiar et al, 2019;Kautonen et al, 2015;Krueger et al, 2000;Katz & Gartner 1988;Low & MacMillan, 1988;Moriano et al, 2012;Østergaard & Marinova, 2018;Schlaegel & Koenig, 2014;Seligman, 1990). Even with the randomness of entrepreneurial research, it can be divided into two different domains (Østergaard, 2019;Østergaard & Marinova, 2018). Some scholars (Anjum et al, 2021;Doanh, 2021;Shahzad et al, 2021;Tajpour & Hosseini, 2021) conceptualized entrepreneurship as an academic field.…”

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“…Educational institutions, policy-making bodies and the government have realized the role of entrepreneurs in economic and social development. Entrepreneurial growth is one of the major objectives of the country’s developmental plans (Østergaard, 2019; Østergaard & Marinova, 2018; Shukla, 2020).…”

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Venturing into a New Business: Do Self-efficacy and Risk-taking Propensity Help?

Shukla,

Kumar

2024

Vikalpa: The Journal for Decision Makers

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India, the most populated country, faces the challenges of providing jobs to eligible candidates. Therefore, the promotion of entrepreneurship and the development of an ecosystem of start-ups are highly required. For any country, start-ups and new business ventures are important pillars of economic development. Therefore, college students must be encouraged and trained to become job-givers rather than job-seekers by venturing into a new business. Keeping the present scenario of India as a pivotal point, the study aims to examine the entrepreneurial intention (EI) of college students towards venturing into new businesses. The current study utilizes Ajzen’s (1991) theory of planned behaviour (TPB model), which is a widely used theoretical framework in entrepreneurship research. The study mainly investigates the role of entrepreneurial self-efficacy and risk-taking propensity in developing EIs among college students. A quantitative research design was used to achieve the stated objective of the study. An extensive literature review has been conducted to formulate the questionnaire. All variables were measured using the five-point Likert scale. Moreover, age, gender and exposure to family business were taken as control variables. Three hundred seventy-four responses were collected and analysed using structural equation modelling with Amos 22.0. The results demonstrated that all three variables concerning the TPB model, i.e., attitude, subjective norms and perceived feasibility, positively influence EIs. In addition, entrepreneurial self-efficacy affects EIs both directly and indirectly through perceived feasibility, while the effect of risk-taking propensity is fully mediated by attitude. The study produced meaningful theoretical and practical implications. Theoretically, the study contributes to entrepreneurial literature by signifying the role of self-efficacy and risk-taking propensity in forming EIs. The study also provides insights that may benefit policymakers and governments in formulating appropriate plans to boost EIs among students.

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“…The self-employed often fall into the lowest income groups and earn less than equivalent waged work (Clark et al, 2017). While entrepreneurship and self-employment do not often refer to the same phenomena, it is common within relevant literatures to conflate the two (Carter, 2011Martinez Dy et al, 2018;Østergaard, 2019). However, self-employment continues in much of the literature to be uncritically presented as entrepreneurial activity within contemporary enterprise culture (Martinez Dy et al, 2018).…”

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Entrepreneurial Experiences of Becoming an Employer: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis

Williams¹

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The aim of this study is to better understand how entrepreneurs become employers. Taking a phenomenological position, my research uses a co-creative methodology to explore transitions from entrepreneur to entrepreneur-employer. Job creation is commonly cited as a benefit of entrepreneurship (Birch, 1979; Acs, 2006), yet little is known about the transition to entrepreneur-employer. Recent estimates highlight that many UK enterprises are classified as non-employing businesses, comprising the founder only (ONS, 2020). This suggests that while a high proportion of individuals enter self-employment, growth presents a significant challenge for many (Coad et al., 2017). Extant research investigating the entrepreneur to entrepreneur-employer transition is predominantly functionalist, reinforcing commonly held beliefs that entrepreneurship is a desirable economic activity (Dvouletý, 2018). In response, I sought to apply a qualitative approach. Using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) as a guiding framework, I explore the lived experiences of six female and four male entrepreneur-employers in South Wales. My contribution to the entrepreneurship field is twofold. Firstly, my findings reflect an uglier reality to job-creation than is readily visible in the mainstream entrepreneurship literature. Perceiving it as a double-edged sword, participants juxtaposed common entrepreneurial narratives against their everyday realties. Becoming an employer introduced a level of relationality, exposing participants to systems demanding conformity rather than entrepreneurial diversity. Second, methodologically I demonstrate how the use of a co-creative method is a valuable tool for accessing complex and nuanced entrepreneurial experiences. Participants universally expressed frustration at being suspended in what I interpret as a liminal state. Drawing on relevant literature, I theorise that this is particularly felt within neoliberal post-industrial contexts. I conclude that, for my participants, negotiating the gap between mainstream entrepreneurial narratives, and their lived entrepreneurial experiences, was a significant factor in moving beyond the critical entrepreneur to entrepreneur-employer transition.

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The beneficial differentiation within entrepreneurship of self-employed, business owner and entrepreneur

Cited by 8 publications

References 67 publications

Great Expectations: A Regional Study of Entrepreneurship Among Romanian Return Migrants

Great Expectations: A Regional Study of Entrepreneurship Among Romanian Return Migrants

Venturing into a New Business: Do Self-efficacy and Risk-taking Propensity Help?

Entrepreneurial Experiences of Becoming an Employer: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis

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