Do entrepreneurial role models influence the nascent entrepreneurial activity of immigrants?
Fecha
2015Versión
Acceso abierto / Sarbide irekia
Tipo
Artículo / Artikulua
Versión
Versión aceptada / Onetsi den bertsioa
Impacto
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10.1111/jsbm.12153
Resumen
This paper examines how the influence of entrepreneurial role models in the individual’s
decision to become a nascent entrepreneur is moderated by their socio-cultural fit. By looking at
the entrepreneurial activity of immigrants, the paper proposes that, because of their lower sociocultural
fit, immigrants are less likely to be influenced in their entrepreneurial activity by past
and present ...
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This paper examines how the influence of entrepreneurial role models in the individual’s
decision to become a nascent entrepreneur is moderated by their socio-cultural fit. By looking at
the entrepreneurial activity of immigrants, the paper proposes that, because of their lower sociocultural
fit, immigrants are less likely to be influenced in their entrepreneurial activity by past
and present entrepreneurs in the region where they live compared with the native population.
Using a large database of 28,306 individuals in 50 Spanish provinces, the results confirm our
hypothesis. The moderating effect of cultural distance and time of residence is also analyzed. [--]
Materias
Nascent entrepeneurs,
Immigrants,
Determinants
Editor
Wiley
Publicado en
Journal of Small Business Management 2015 53(4), pp. 1146–1163
Notas
This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Contín-Pilart, I. and Larraza-Kintana, M. (2015), Do Entrepreneurial Role Models Influence the Nascent Entrepreneurial Activity of Immigrants? Journal of Small Business Management, 53: 1146–1163, which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1111/jsbm.12153. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.
Departamento
Universidad Pública de Navarra. Departamento de Gestión de Empresas /
Nafarroako Unibertsitate Publikoa. Enpresen Kudeaketa Saila
Versión del editor
Entidades Financiadoras
The authors wish to acknowledge financial support from the Government of Navarra through its
Employment Service (Servicio Navarro de Empleo). Financial support from the Spanish Ministry of Science
and Innovation (projects ECO2010-21242-C03-03 and ECO2010-21393-C04-03) is also acknowledged