What Do They Think and Feel about Growth? An Expectancy-Value Approach to Small Business Managers‘ Attitudes toward Growth1

By Johan Wiklund, Per Davidsson, Frédéric Delmar. 2003

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Management of Technology and Innovation, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

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Entrepreneurial aspirations, motivations, and their drivers (2008, background): “Wiklund et al. (2003) also explain growth ambitions from its expected consequences and find that concern for employee well-being is the strongest predictor: if business owners would expect employee well-being to go up in case of growth, their growth ambitions would be large, and vice versa.”
Attitude Toward Entrepreneurship: Structure, Prediction from Behavioral Beliefs, and Relation to Entrepreneurial Intention (2016, background): “Extrinsic (tangible/physical/pecuniary) rewards typically refer to obtaining monetary benefits and success (Aspaas 2004; Carter et al. 2003; Chell 2001; Kuratko et al. 1997; Pardo and Ruiz-Tagley 2011; Robichaud et al. 2001; Wiklund et al. 2003).”
Money, money, money? A longitudinal investigation of entrepreneur career reasons, growth preferences and achieved growth (2007, background): “( 2003 ) investigating expected consequences of growth found that while personal income, independence and control were all related to growth willingness, employee well-being was the most important explanatory factor to explain attitudes to growth.”
Informal Institutions and Their Comparative Influences on Social and Commercial Entrepreneurship: The Role of In‐Group Collectivism and Interpersonal Trust (2016, background): “…such as perceived entrepreneurial self-efficacy and vicarious exposure to other entrepreneurs (measured as ties with other entrepreneurs) are known to influence entrepreneurial behaviors (Krueger, Reilly, and Carsrud 2000; Wiklund, Davidsson, and Delmar 2003; Zhao, Seibert, and Hills 2005).”
High‐Growth Women’s Entrepreneurship: Fueling Social and Economic Development (2018, background): “there is also evidence that the cognitive factors—aspirations and intentions—also have a bearing on the expectations for size and scope of the business and ultimately effect growth potential (Cassar 2007; Stanworth and Curran 1976; Wiklund et al. 2003).”
What do we know about entrepreneurial finance and its relationship with growth? (2015, background): “Entrepreneurial cognition influences the decision to seek external finance by affecting perceptions of growth opportunities and/or the desire/perceived ability to exploit these opportunities (Wiklund et al., 2003).”
Making sense of entrepreneurial exit strategies: A typology and test (2015, background): “As with other early stage strategies, entrepreneurial exit strategies are likely to influence future decisions and behaviors, including resource acquisition, funding, growth, and risk-taking propensities (DeTienne, 2010; Fauchart and Gruber, 2011;Wiklund et al., 2003).”
New Venture Growth: A Review and Extension (2006, background): “For example, Wiklund et al. (2003) found that entrepreneurs’ attitudes toward growth are influenced by their beliefs regarding the extent to which a firm’s larger size may compromise the well-being of employees, the independence of the firm relative to key stakeholders, the owner’s ability to…”
Intrapreneurial intentions versus entrepreneurial intentions: distinct constructs with different antecedents (2013, background): “Wiklund et al. (2003) found separate and significant positive effects for attitude to independence and attitude to control, as well for attitude to income and attitude to employee well-being, as determinants of the growth motivation of small business managers.”
One size does not fit all: Entrepreneurial expectancies and growth intentions of US women and men nascent entrepreneurs (2012, background): “However, not all small firms choose to grow (Wiklund, Davidsson, and Delmar 2003 ).”
Entrepreneurs as authentic leaders: impact on employees' attitudes (2006, background): “A recent study by Wiklund et al. (2003) suggests that business owners’ concern for employee well-being significantly influences those owners’ attitudes toward business growth.”