Role model influences on entrepreneurial intentions: A comparison between USA and Mexico

By Howard E. Van Auken, Paul Stephens, Fred L. Fry, Jaime Silva. 2006

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Subfields: Business and International Management, Management of Technology and Innovation, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

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Entrepreneurship and role models (2012, background): “3 Self-efficacy is considered an important driver of a person’s motivation and ability to engage in a certain behavior (Ajzen, 1991), including entrepreneurship activities (Shane, 2003; Van Auken et al., 2006a; 2006b).”
FACTORS INFLUENCING ENTREPRENEURIAL INTENTION AMONG UNIVERSITY STUDENTS (2011, background): “Family with a business background often influence and motivate their siblings to involve in entrepreneurial activity and they are exp cted to possess higher propensity to launch a business in future (Van Auken et al., 2006).”
Effects of role models and gender on students’ entrepreneurial intentions (2014, background): “…a direct, positive association between having an entrepreneurial role model and a positive entrepreneurial career choice (BarNir et al., 2011; Chlosta et al., 2012; van Auken et al., 2006), others have failed to find such an association (e.g., Carsrud, Gaglio, and Olm, 1987; Franco et al., 2010).”
Entrepreneurial intention: the role of gender (2010, result): “In the literature, there are no conclusive results and whereas some studies report a positive impact (Veciana et al. 2005 ;V aillant and Lafuente2007) others found a negative one ( Van Aukem et al. 2006 ).”
The role of inspiring role models in enhancing entrepreneurial intention (2019, background): “Another study (Van Auken, Stephens, Fry, & Silva, 2006) using student samples from the US and Mexico found that family role models impacted university student career intentions and increased entrepreneurial intentions.”
Entrepreneurial intent in a transitional economy: an application of the theory of planned behavior to Romanian students (2010, background): “To the extent that parents are important referents for the Romanian students (cf., Van Auken et al. 2006 ), one would expect the students’ referents to be unsupportive of the students taking risks and becoming entrepreneurs.”
The role of emotional intelligence and self-efficacy on social entrepreneurial attitudes and social entrepreneurial intentions (2017, background): “VanSandt, Sud, and Marme (2009) tried to test social intention formation.”