Institutional support and women’s entrepreneurial self-efficacy
By Tomoyo Kazumi, Norifumi Kawai. 2017
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Purpose The purpose of this study is to explores the extent to which local institutional forces affect female entrepreneurial venture performance. Drawing upon a unified theoretical framework of social cognitive and institutional perspectives, the authors scrutinize the complex interplay among institutional support, entrepreneurial cognitions and entrepreneurial success. Design/methodology/approach Based on a unique sample of 202 female entrepreneurs in 30 provinces throughout Japan, this paper grounded social cognitive theory and attempted to clear the relation between women’s entrepreneurial self-efficacy and venture performance empirically by statistical analysis. Findings The findings of structural equation modeling indicate that women’s entrepreneurial self-efficacy is a strong and useful mediator of the effect of informal institutional support on venture performance. Unexpectedly, formal institutional support shows no correlation with entrepreneurial self-efficacy. Practical implications This study proposes that perceived social legitimacy may lead to increased entrepreneurial self-efficacy, thereby enhancing venture performance. This finding can clarify the institutional force pathways to foster entrepreneurial confidence. Originality/value This study contributes to the field of female entrepreneurship by examining institutional antecedents of women’s entrepreneurial self-efficacy. Focused on the case of Japanese female entrepreneurs, this study is unique and valuable.
Subfields: Gender Studies, Management of Technology and Innovation, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
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Citations in the corpus
- Perceived public support and entrepreneurship attitudes: A little reciprocity can go a long way! (2020, background): “Likewise, awareness of entrepreneurial support systems (Liñán et al., 2013), positive perceptions of regulatory environment (Urban, 2013) and the presence of informal institutional support (Kazumi & Kawai, 2017) were also linked with entrepreneurial self - efficacy and perceived behavioural control.”
- Entrepreneurship Education and Students’ Entrepreneurial Intention in Higher Education (2020, background): “Researchers [50,51] have found Curricular and extracurricular programs for entrepreneurship based on self-efficacy had significant effects on innovative start-up intentions.”