TY - JOUR
T1 - Cognitive effects on entrepreneurial intentions
T2 - A comparison of Chinese émigrés and their descendants with non-émigré Chinese
AU - Jensen, Kent Wickstrøm
AU - Rezaei, Shahamak
AU - Wherry, Frederick F.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2014/10/1
Y1 - 2014/10/1
N2 - Cognitive characteristics of individuals have previously been established as important predictors of entrepreneurial intentions. Yet, we know little about this relationship in a transnational and ethnic entrepreneurship context. In this paper, we examine if and how émigrés differs from those individuals staying at home with regard to entrepreneurial intentions and with regard to their cognitive make-up. Also, we examine differences in the impact of cognitions of émigrés and homeland individuals respectively on their entrepreneurial intentions. We use data from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor in 2012 on 3,681 adult homeland Chinese 111 adult first generation émigrés and 295 adult second generation émigrés from China. Findings suggest that second generation Chinese émigrées are less likely to have entrepreneurial intentions than Chinese staying in China. Contrary to our initial expectations, we also find that both first and second generation émigrés are less likely to have entrepreneurially oriented cognitions.
AB - Cognitive characteristics of individuals have previously been established as important predictors of entrepreneurial intentions. Yet, we know little about this relationship in a transnational and ethnic entrepreneurship context. In this paper, we examine if and how émigrés differs from those individuals staying at home with regard to entrepreneurial intentions and with regard to their cognitive make-up. Also, we examine differences in the impact of cognitions of émigrés and homeland individuals respectively on their entrepreneurial intentions. We use data from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor in 2012 on 3,681 adult homeland Chinese 111 adult first generation émigrés and 295 adult second generation émigrés from China. Findings suggest that second generation Chinese émigrées are less likely to have entrepreneurial intentions than Chinese staying in China. Contrary to our initial expectations, we also find that both first and second generation émigrés are less likely to have entrepreneurially oriented cognitions.
KW - China
KW - Cognition
KW - Entrepreneurial intentions
KW - GEM
KW - Global entrepreneurship monitor
KW - Transnational entrepreneurship
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U2 - 10.1504/IJESB.2014.065304
DO - 10.1504/IJESB.2014.065304
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84908227825
VL - 23
SP - 252
EP - 277
JO - International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business
JF - International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business
SN - 1476-1297
IS - 1-2
ER -