Socio-cultural factors and youth entrepreneurship in rural regions
Purpose – This paper aims to demonstrate the impact of two important socio-cultural factors on the level of the entrepreneurial activity of young individuals in rural regions. Design/methodology/approach – Our empirical study is based on a sample collected from an adult population survey, and an...
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| description | Purpose – This paper aims to demonstrate the impact of two important socio-cultural factors on the level of the entrepreneurial activity of young individuals in rural regions.
Design/methodology/approach – Our empirical study is based on
a sample collected from an adult population survey, and analyzed
using a logit model that controls for territorial and aging sources of
heterogeneity. Our theoretical framework is anchored on a contingency perspective that emphasizes the unique influences of the contextual environment in driving entrepreneurial behavior.
Findings – The main findings of our study is that in Spain the
likelihood of being entrepreneurially active is no different for young
and old individuals, and between rural and urban regions. Surprisingly, unlike shown in most studies, entrepreneurial role models do not have any effect on the entrepreneurship by young individuals in rural regions of Spain, while the negative impact of fear of failure in the entrepreneurship on young individuals in rural regions is much higher compared to the rest of the population.
Originality/value – Our findings reveal that the context (regional)
has a more significant impact on entrepreneurship for some segments (younger individuals) of the population than for others. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a010ad376c1146b8950b526f0e55fd722022-12-21T19:21:36ZengFundação Escola de Comércio Álvares PenteadoRevista Brasileira de Gestão De Negócios1806-48921983-08072017-04-01196420021810.7819/rbgn.v0i0.2695Socio-cultural factors and youth entrepreneurship in rural regionsEduardo Gómez-Araujo0Manoj Chandra Bayon1Universidad del Norte, Finance and Organization, Barranquilla, ColombiaPontificia Universidad Javeriana,Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Administrativas, Cali, ColombiaPurpose – This paper aims to demonstrate the impact of two important socio-cultural factors on the level of the entrepreneurial activity of young individuals in rural regions. Design/methodology/approach – Our empirical study is based on a sample collected from an adult population survey, and analyzed using a logit model that controls for territorial and aging sources of heterogeneity. Our theoretical framework is anchored on a contingency perspective that emphasizes the unique influences of the contextual environment in driving entrepreneurial behavior. Findings – The main findings of our study is that in Spain the likelihood of being entrepreneurially active is no different for young and old individuals, and between rural and urban regions. Surprisingly, unlike shown in most studies, entrepreneurial role models do not have any effect on the entrepreneurship by young individuals in rural regions of Spain, while the negative impact of fear of failure in the entrepreneurship on young individuals in rural regions is much higher compared to the rest of the population. Originality/value – Our findings reveal that the context (regional) has a more significant impact on entrepreneurship for some segments (younger individuals) of the population than for others.https://rbgn.fecap.br/RBGN/article/view/2695/pdfYouthsRuralEntrepreneurshipFear of failureRole models |
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| title | Socio-cultural factors and youth entrepreneurship in rural regions |
| title_full | Socio-cultural factors and youth entrepreneurship in rural regions |
| title_fullStr | Socio-cultural factors and youth entrepreneurship in rural regions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Socio-cultural factors and youth entrepreneurship in rural regions |
| title_short | Socio-cultural factors and youth entrepreneurship in rural regions |
| title_sort | socio cultural factors and youth entrepreneurship in rural regions |
| topic | Youths Rural Entrepreneurship Fear of failure Role models |
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