The Effect of Threat of Job Loss on Entrepreneurial Intentions and Gestation Actions

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of impending layoff on employees' entrepreneurial intention and gestation actions in Kenya. Results from a sample of 394 employees drawn from three Kenyan firms facing possibility of retrenchment show that an impending layoff adversely affected individual's entrepreneurial intention both directly and indirectly, with the indirect negative effect being mediated by entrepreneurial self-efficacy and gestation actions. The results highlight the importance of cultivating employees' positive perceptions about themselves and helping them view the layoff exercise as an opportunity to turn a new page.Renson Muchiri Mwangi is a senior lecturer,

From a Deliberative to an Implementing Mindset a Process-oriented View of the Formation of Academic Entrepreneurial Intention

“…Our data confirmed that scientists engaged in entrepreneurial implementation exhibited higher values of EI, and higher values of ATT, PBC, and SN. Consistent with Mwangi and Rotich [28], ENG also contributed to the variance elucidation of the EI beyond the TPB antecedents and, thus, represents a meaningful predictor of intention.…”

“…In line with Delanoë Gueguen and Fayolle [1], Mwangi and Rotich [28] recently showed that ENG elucidated variance in EI. Yet, a gap remains concerning the empirical knowledge of EI strengths continued growth after the transition from motivational to volitional phase.…”

“…Earlier research showed that EI strength is greater among those who are currently involved in implementing a business project [28], however, there is a lack of empirical studies that explicitly control whether individuals started to implement their entrepreneurial goals. As meta-analytically shown, the effect size of manipulating goal intention strength is rather limited [29].…”

“…Mwangi and Rotich [28] noted that the application of MAP in entrepreneurship research draws attention to the complex interaction between situational, contextual, and psychological factors in the development process of EI. Based on our prior argumentation, we assume the influence of entrepreneurial rewards on TPB-antecedents to differ before and after engaging in entrepreneurial implementation.…”

Motivational foundations of identifying and exploiting entrepreneurial opportunities

“…Shane et al , 2003). Though this study purposefully tested entrepreneurs from one nation with the aim of reducing such noise, there may yet have been considerable distortion of the individuals' preparedness to engage in the search for and exploitation of latent business opportunities (Biraglia and Kadile, 2017; Carsrud and Brännback, 2011; Mwangi and Rotich, 2019; Sadler–Smith et al , 2003; Stewart and Roth, 2007). Future research should continue in this vein, and may benefit from using longitudinal designs to firmly establish entrepreneurial motives as predictors of opportunity identification.…”