Influence of work history on entrepreneurial intentions in ‘prime age’ and ‘third age’: A preliminary study

Autor:	Teemu Kautonen, Seppo Luoto, Erno T. Tornikoski
Rok vydání:	2010
Předmět:	education.field_of_study Entrepreneurship business.industry Public sector Socialization Population Exploratory research Theory of planned behavior Organizational culture Affect (psychology) Business and International Management business education Psychology Social psychology
Zdroj:	International Small Business Journal: Researching Entrepreneurship. 28:583-601
ISSN:	1741-2870 0266-2426
Popis:	This exploratory study investigates the relationship between an individual’s socialization into different professional and organizational cultures and their subsequent entrepreneurial intentions. Using age cohorts as a proxy for the duration of work-related socialization processes and changes in the business environment over time, the study proposes that the impact of work history is stronger in ‘third age’ (50—64 years) than in ‘prime age’ (20—49 years). The principal finding is that older individuals, those aged 50-plus, who have spent the majority of their career in ‘blue-collar’ industrial work are less inclined towards entrepreneurship than the working-age population in Western Finland generally. One reason is the perceived lack of support from important social contacts. Contrary to expectations, a work history in the public sector or small businesses does not seem to affect subsequent entrepreneurial intentions. Further research is required to provide a more fine-grained understanding of the impact of work history on entrepreneurial intentions.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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