Money, money, money? A longitudinal investigation of entrepreneur career reasons, growth preferences and achieved growth

By Gavin Cassar. 2007

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

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Motivational factors in a push‐pull theory of entrepreneurship (2009, background): “First, a desire for independence (and related factors such as autonomy and greater control) is often cited as the number one motivating factor for many people in becoming an entrepreneur (Alstete, 2003; Borooah et al., 1997; Cassar, 2007; Fox, 1998; Wilson et al., 2004).”
A conceptual framework for entrepreneurship education policy: Meeting government and economic purposes (2013, background): “For instance Cassar (2007) found that the financial incentive (wealth accumulation) is an important motivator but not a good predictor of entrepreneurial behavior.”
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).”
Distinguishing micro-businesses from SMEs: a systematic review of growth constraints (2016, background): “For example, for high risk-return and growth-oriented OMEs, financial success is a top reason for venture creation and is positively associated with all measures of growth intention and preference (Cassar, 2007; Douglas, 2013).”
What really happens to small and medium-sized enterprises in a global economic recession? UK evidence on sales and job dynamics (2015, unknown): “The availability of credit to entrepreneurs with good investment opportunities is one of the key drivers of economic growth and competition (Beck & Demirguc-Kunt, 2006; Marlow & Patton, 2005; Cassar, 2007).”
Consequences of cultural practices for entrepreneurial behaviors (2013, unknown): “…professional performance, individuals will recognize that entrepreneurship offers more opportunities to excel than does regular employment, and the enterprising individual would be more readily recognized for success than would be the case in regular employment (Baker et al., 2005; Cassar, 2007).”
Entrepreneurial aspirations, motivations, and their drivers (2008, background): “Cassar (2007), focusing on the microlevel and investigating the relationships between financial motives and a range of ambition and outcome variables, indeed found a positive relationship between financial motivations and aspirations.”
Why Entrepreneurs Often Experience Low, Not High, Levels of Stress (2016, background): “Indeed, research findings indicate that many choose this role because of strong motives to achieve greater autonomy and independence and the opportunity to engage in work they find meaningful (Baron, 2010; Cassar, 2007).”
Stigma and business failure: implications for entrepreneurs’ career choices (2014, background): “subsequent external and cognitive feedback from venture successes and failures on future intentions and preferences for entrepreneurial careers (Cassar 2007).”
Entrepreneur motivations and life course (2013, background): “Start-up motivations are influenced by environmental factors, often simplified as ‘opportunity’ and ‘necessity’ entrepreneurship (Cassar, 2007; Taormina and Lao, 2007).”
Reconstructing entrepreneurial intentions to identify predisposition for growth (2013, background): “…operate one of two main types of new ventures – either an independence-oriented new venture or a growth-oriented new venture (Carter et al., 2003; Cassar, 2006, 2007; Gartner et al., 2004; Gundry and Welsch, 2001; Hessels et al., 2008; Kolvereid, 1992; Reynolds, 2000; Shane, 2009; Shaver et…”
Drivers of entrepreneurial aspirations at the country level: the role of start-up motivations and social security (2007, background): “2006), social capital (Liao and Welsh 2003), ability (Davidsson 1991; Cassar 2006), education and household income (Autio and Acs 2007) and motives (Kolvereid 1992; Amit et al. 2001; Morris et al. 2006; Cassar 2007).”
One size does not fit all: Entrepreneurial expectancies and growth intentions of US women and men nascent entrepreneurs (2012, background): “A recent longitudinal investigation of entrepreneur career reasons, growth preferences and achieved growth (Cassar 2007) established that the importance entrepreneurs place on financial success was a key determinant of entrepreneurial growth preferences, the intended size of the new venture as well…”