Parental Entrepreneurial Role Model Influence on Male Offspring: Is it Always Positive and when does it Occur?

By Edward M. Mungai, S. Velamuri. 2011

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Parental self–employment has been shown to have a positive influence on offspring's subsequent choice of self–employment as a career. Previous studies have, however, not considered its dependence on parental performance in self–employment and at what stage of the offspring's development (late childhood, adolescence, or young adulthood) this influence is highest. This article uses social learning and career development theories to argue that first, parental influence may not exist in case of parents’ economic failure in self–employment, and second, that when it does occur, it is more pronounced when the offspring is a young adult. Using the United States Panel Study of Income Dynamics data set, we find empirical support for our hypotheses.

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

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“To have and have not”: founders’ human capital and university start-up survival (2013, background): “Recent studies highlight the importance of quality of start-up experience in subsequent entrepreneurship (e.g. Mungai and Velamuri 2011).”
The role of inspiring role models in enhancing entrepreneurial intention (2019, background): “The focus is on inspiring encounters with entrepreneurs, as recent studies stress that only a positive experience with role models contributes to entrepreneurial intentions and entrepreneurial activity (Mungai & Velamuri, 2011; Zapkau, Schwens, Steinmetz, & Kabst, 2015).”
Entrepreneurial potential: The role of human and cultural capitals (2014, background): “According to Mungai and Velamuri (2011), parental experience of self-employment failure negatively affects their children’s perception of a career in entrepreneurship.”
Personality characteristics and the decisions to become and stay self-employed (2013, unknown): “In this context, Mungai and Velamuri (2011) discovered at what stage parental performance in self-employment may influence the offspring’s entrepreneurial development.”
The Impact of the Family Background on Students’ Entrepreneurial Intentions: An Empirical Analysis (2020, background): “Mungai and Velamuri [31] emphasized that parental influence may not exist in case of parents’ economic failure in self-employment, and the choice of an entrepreneurial career depends on the performance of self-employed parents.”