Parents’ performance in entrepreneurship as a “double-edged sword” for the intergenerational transmission of entrepreneurship
By Giuseppe Criaco, Philipp Sieger, Karl J. Wennberg, Tommaso Minola. Small Business Economics, 2017
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We investigate how perceived parents’ performance in entrepreneurship (PPE) affects the entrepreneurial career intentions of offspring. We argue that while perceived PPE enhances offspring’s perceived entrepreneurial desirability and feasibility because of exposure mechanisms, it inhibits the translation of both desirability and feasibility perceptions into entrepreneurial career intentions due to upward social comparison mechanisms. Thus, perceived PPE acts as a double-edged sword for the intergenerational transmission of entrepreneurship. Our predictions are tested and confirmed on a sample of 21,895 individuals from 33 countries. This study advances the literature on intergenerational transmission of entrepreneurship by providing a foundation for understanding the social psychological conditions necessary for such transmission to occur.
Subfields: Business and International Management, Management of Technology and Innovation, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
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- The Impact of the Family Background on Students’ Entrepreneurial Intentions: An Empirical Analysis (2020, background): “Criaco et al. [19] found, based on a large sample of 21,895 people from 33 countries, that the perceived performance of parents in entrepreneurship acts as a “double-edged sword”.”