Autonomy as a start-up motive

By M. van Gelderen, Paul G. W. Jansen. 2006

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

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Explaining Entrepreneurial Intentions by Means of the Theory of Planned Behaviour (2008, unknown): “To account for the context of self-employment two items were added concerning the preference for a high level of responsibility (Van Gelderen and Jansen, 2006).”
Postmaterialism influencing total entrepreneurial activity across nations (2006, background): “On the other hand, the positive effect of tertiary education on total entrepreneurial activity suggests that higher level education may provide a larger pool of would-be entrepreneurs attracted to the nonmaterial rewards of entrepreneurship, such as greater autonomy ( Van Gelderen and Jansen 2006 ) ”
Drivers of entrepreneurial aspirations at the country level: the role of start-up motivations and social security (2007, background): “It will enable a lifestyle in which one can decide oneself on goals, methods, and time scheduling (Breaugh 1999; van Gelderen and Jansen 2006).”
A systematic literature review of the influence of the university’s environment and support system on the precursors of social entrepreneurial intention of students (2020, background): “…lead to a stronger intention to go ahead and start a new business (Ajzen, 2001; Autio et al., 2001; Kolvereid, 1996b; Krueger et al., 2000; Pruett, Shinnar, Toney, Llopis, & Fox, 2009; Segal, Borgia, & Schoenfeld, 2005; Shapero & Sokol, 1982; van Gelderen & Jansen, 2006; Varamäki et al., 2013).”
Entrepreneurial intent: A twelve‐country evaluation of Ajzen's model of planned behavior (2010, background): “More recently it has been argued that either autonomy ( Van Gelderen and Jansen, 2006”
Let’s Focus on Solutions to Entrepreneurial Ill-Being! Recovery Interventions to Enhance Entrepreneurial Well-Being (2021, background): “Entrepreneurs experience high levels of engagement with their work, because of high degrees of autonomy, meaningfulness, and personal identification associated with an entrepreneurial career (Shir et al., 2019; Stephan et al., 2020; van Gelderen & Jansen, 2006).”
Entrepreneurial aspirations, motivations, and their drivers (2008, background): “However, autonomy-driven entrepreneurs may still increase diversity in the economy just because they do things in their own way (Van Gelderen et al. 2008a).”
Job satisfaction and self-employment: autonomy or personality? (2012, background): “This holds true for all observations, as well as for men and women, and confirms the notion that decision freedom and the absence of hierarchical constraints in the workplace are strongly associated with self-employment (e.g. Van Gelderen and Jansen 2006 ).”
The Impact of Educational Levels on Formal and Informal Entrepreneurship (2015, background): “This result suggests that those individuals that attain a higher level of education, motivated by non-material advantages such as greater autonomy (Van Gelderen and Jansen, 2006) or self-fulfillment (McClelland, 1975), consider themselves better trained to start a formal entrepreneurial activity.”
Slipping the surly bonds: The value of autonomy in self-employment (2012, methodology): “Blais and Tolouse, 1990; Kolvereid, 1996; van Gelderen and Jansen, 2006 ) ought also be positively related to the future self-employment choices of current employees, even though this decision to convert to self-employment will not yet have occurred at the moment that their independence was measure”
Entrepreneurship and Subjective Well-Being: The Mediating Role of Psychological Functioning (2019, background): “As a self-directed pursuit, entrepreneurship facilitates autonomy and control because it allows one to set the rules and determine their own course of action (Benz & Frey, 2004; van Gelderen & Jansen, 2006).”