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Identity-transition into entrepreneurship : a two-phase theory to explain the propensity-capability paradox
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Abstract
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| In view of the call by the European-Commission (2013) for more entrepreneurs and for more high-growth enterprises, this project investigates the development of entrepreneurial propensity among individuals who possess strong entrepreneurial capabilities. Scholars have modelled the development of entrepreneurial behavior by adopting the theory of planned behavior and later by applying identity transition theory (lbarra, 2005) to entrepreneurial career transitions. More recently, Hoang and Gimeno (2010) added the construct of role-identity-complexity to the identity transition model in order to explain the likelihood of a successful transition into the entrepreneurial founder role. There is, however, a need for theory to enlighten why objective entrepreneurial capability has not shown up as a favorable explanatory variable when modelling entrepreneurial intention and career transition behavior (Bayon, Vaillant, & Lafuente, 2015). This article and this poster present a model to respond to this need and to extend the theory on developing entrepreneurial behavior by showing how objective entrepreneurial capabilities can intervene in paradoxical ways. More specifically, we broaden the identity theory for entrepreneurial career transitions by distinguishing two phases. The point where entrepreneurial intention is established separates these two phases. We argue that constructs like self-complexity, the complexity of the envisaged founder-role and objective entrepreneurial capability have opposite effects in both phases. If these factors have an inhibiting effect on generating intention and have a favorable effect on turning intention into actual behavior, then this explains why individuals who are expected to have the necessary capacities to do well in the second phase can struggle to develop entrepreneurial intention in the first place. We conclude by suggesting further quantitative and empirical research and possible practical implications. |
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Language
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English
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Source (journal)
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European Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship
European Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship
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Source (book)
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Proceedings of The 13th European Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship : ECIE 2018, 20-21 September, 2018, Aveiro, Portugal / Costa, Carlos [edit.]
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Publication
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Reading
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Academic Conferences and Publishing International Limited
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2018
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ISBN
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978-1-911218-97-5
978-1-911218-98-2
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(2018)
, p. 1049-1055
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ISI
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000540889200122
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Full text (open access)
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