Dynamics in rural entrepreneurship – the role of knowledge acquisition, entrepreneurial orientation, and emotional intelligence in network reliance and performance relationship
Purpose - Social network and being a part of an established business network helps in the acquisition of resources. The purpose of this study specifically looked at the mechanisms through which network reliance (NR) influences the entrepreneurial performance (PERF) among rural farmer entrepreneurs i...
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| author | Thomas Bilaliib Udimal Zhuang Jincai Isaac Akolgo Gumah |
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| description | Purpose - Social network and being a part of an established business network helps in the acquisition of resources. The purpose of this study specifically looked at the mechanisms through which network reliance (NR) influences the entrepreneurial performance (PERF) among rural farmer entrepreneurs in China. Design/methodology/approach - The paper looks at the economic sociology perspective of social networks. A total of 450 rural farmer entrepreneurs were interviewed for the study. The study introduces emotional intelligence (EI) and entrepreneurial orientation (EO) into the relationship between NR, knowledge acquisition (KA) and entrepreneurial PERF. Findings - The result shows that KA partially and positively mediates the relationship between NR and entrepreneurial PERF. EO is shown to moderate the relationship between KA and entrepreneurial PERF apart from its direct effect on entrepreneurial PERF. The EI of rural farmer entrepreneurs has a direct and significant effect on KA but does not moderate the relationship between NR and KA. Originality/value - This study provides a new direction for extension education to rural farmer entrepreneurs. Knowledge building capacity programmes for rural farmer entrepreneurs should be an area of priority for extension education. Building the social capital and entrepreneurial capacities of rural farmer should be a new area of focus for policymakers. These measures will go a long to improving the capabilities of rural farmer entrepreneurs, which will, in turn, impact positively on their PERF. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-623af53df50f4415b0fb63862c2ef7172022-12-22T04:24:58ZengEmerald PublishingAsia Pacific Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship2398-78122019-09-0113224726210.1108/APJIE-03-2019-0021634134Dynamics in rural entrepreneurship – the role of knowledge acquisition, entrepreneurial orientation, and emotional intelligence in network reliance and performance relationshipThomas Bilaliib Udimal0Zhuang Jincai1Isaac Akolgo Gumah2School of Economics, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming, ChinaSchool of Management, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, ChinaSchool of Management, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, ChinaPurpose - Social network and being a part of an established business network helps in the acquisition of resources. The purpose of this study specifically looked at the mechanisms through which network reliance (NR) influences the entrepreneurial performance (PERF) among rural farmer entrepreneurs in China. Design/methodology/approach - The paper looks at the economic sociology perspective of social networks. A total of 450 rural farmer entrepreneurs were interviewed for the study. The study introduces emotional intelligence (EI) and entrepreneurial orientation (EO) into the relationship between NR, knowledge acquisition (KA) and entrepreneurial PERF. Findings - The result shows that KA partially and positively mediates the relationship between NR and entrepreneurial PERF. EO is shown to moderate the relationship between KA and entrepreneurial PERF apart from its direct effect on entrepreneurial PERF. The EI of rural farmer entrepreneurs has a direct and significant effect on KA but does not moderate the relationship between NR and KA. Originality/value - This study provides a new direction for extension education to rural farmer entrepreneurs. Knowledge building capacity programmes for rural farmer entrepreneurs should be an area of priority for extension education. Building the social capital and entrepreneurial capacities of rural farmer should be a new area of focus for policymakers. These measures will go a long to improving the capabilities of rural farmer entrepreneurs, which will, in turn, impact positively on their PERF.https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/APJIE-03-2019-0021/full/pdf?title=dynamics-in-rural-entrepreneurship-the-role-of-knowledge-acquisition-entrepreneurial-orientation-and-emotional-intelligence-in-network-reliance-and-performance-relationshipemotional intelligenceknowledge acquisitionentrepreneurial orientationentrepreneurial performancenetwork reliance |
| spellingShingle | Thomas Bilaliib Udimal Zhuang Jincai Isaac Akolgo Gumah Dynamics in rural entrepreneurship – the role of knowledge acquisition, entrepreneurial orientation, and emotional intelligence in network reliance and performance relationship Asia Pacific Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship emotional intelligence knowledge acquisition entrepreneurial orientation entrepreneurial performance network reliance |
| title | Dynamics in rural entrepreneurship – the role of knowledge acquisition, entrepreneurial orientation, and emotional intelligence in network reliance and performance relationship |
| title_full | Dynamics in rural entrepreneurship – the role of knowledge acquisition, entrepreneurial orientation, and emotional intelligence in network reliance and performance relationship |
| title_fullStr | Dynamics in rural entrepreneurship – the role of knowledge acquisition, entrepreneurial orientation, and emotional intelligence in network reliance and performance relationship |
| title_full_unstemmed | Dynamics in rural entrepreneurship – the role of knowledge acquisition, entrepreneurial orientation, and emotional intelligence in network reliance and performance relationship |
| title_short | Dynamics in rural entrepreneurship – the role of knowledge acquisition, entrepreneurial orientation, and emotional intelligence in network reliance and performance relationship |
| title_sort | dynamics in rural entrepreneurship the role of knowledge acquisition entrepreneurial orientation and emotional intelligence in network reliance and performance relationship |
| topic | emotional intelligence knowledge acquisition entrepreneurial orientation entrepreneurial performance network reliance |
| url | https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/APJIE-03-2019-0021/full/pdf?title=dynamics-in-rural-entrepreneurship-the-role-of-knowledge-acquisition-entrepreneurial-orientation-and-emotional-intelligence-in-network-reliance-and-performance-relationship |
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