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T1 Are interactions between need for achievement and social networks the driving force behind entrepreneurial Intention? A trait activation story
A1 Pérez Fernández, Héctor
A1 Cacciotti, Gabriella
A1 Martín Cruz, Teresa Natalia
A1 Delgado García, Juan Bautista
K1 Emprendedores - España
K1 Empresarios - Conducta
K1 Nuevas empresas
K1 Entrepreneurial intention
K1 Trait Activation Theory
K1 Social Networks
K1 Need for Achievement
K1 PLS
K1 fsQCA
K1 5311 Organización y Dirección de Empresas
AB Entrepreneurial intention plays a key role in entrepreneurship. Over the years, scholars have explained it using personality traits, cognitive models and, to a lesser extent, the role of social environment. Since this role has been underestimated, we build on trait activation theory to explore how social networks are especially relevant and can trigger the activation of individuals’ need for achievement to predict entrepreneurial intention. We test our hypotheses on a sample of 597 university students from Spain using partial least squares (PLS). Our results confirm that social network size positively influences the entrepreneurial information obtained in social networks, which in turn, positively impacts entrepreneurial intention. Additionally, we found that need for achievement is activated in the context of social networks, enhancing the influence of this information on entrepreneurial intention. Through fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA), we also identify alternative configurations of the previous variables that lead to greater entrepreneurial intention.
PB Elsevier
SN 0148-2963
YR 2022
FD 2022
LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/64282
UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/64282
LA spa
NO Pérez-Fernández, H., Cacciotti, G., Martín-Cruz, N., & Delgado-García, J. B. (2022). Are interactions between need for achievement and social networks the driving force behind entrepreneurial Intention? A trait activation story. Journal of Business Research, 149, 65-76.
NO Producción Científica
DS UVaDOC
RD 30-jun-2024