Me, an entrepreneur? Entrepreneurial identity, outgroup social identification, attitudes and intentions towards business creation / ¿Yo, un emprendedor? Identidad emprendedora, identificación social con el exogrupo, actitudes e intenciones respecto a la creación de empresas. Issue 2 (4th May 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Lheureux, Florent; Auzoult, Laurent
• Is Part Of: Revista de psicología social. Volume 32:Issue 2(2017)
• Page Start: 246
• Page End: 275
• Publication Date: 2017-05-04
• Subjects: entrepreneurial intention -- mediation hypotheses -- social identification -- social identity -- Theory of Planned Behaviour; intención emprendedora -- hipótesis de mediación -- identificación social -- identidad social -- Teoría del Comportamiento Planificado; Social psychology -- Periodicals; Social psychology; Periodicals; 302
• DOI: 10.1080/02134748.2017.1291744
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0213-4748

Abstract

Abstract: This article aims to further investigate the role of social identity processes in the formation of entrepreneurial intentions (EI). We investigate the general hypothesis that social identification with entrepreneurs is positively associated with EI and its antecedents such as attitude, perceived social norm (subjective norm) and perceived behavioural control (self-efficacy), considered as mediators. In particular, the role of three dimensions of social identification (affects, ties and self-typicality) was empirically studied in a sample of students that answered a questionnaire. Results from regression analyses show that the affects dimension is positively linked to attitude and the perceived social norm, which mediate its association with EI. Likewise, the ties dimension appears to relate positively to EI and attitude, the latter mediating the relationship with the former. Results regarding the self-typicality dimension are mixed (significant association with perceived behavioural control, non-significant association with EI). The discussion addresses the importance of social identity processes in EI formation, study limitations, as well as possible future studies of both theoretical and practical relevance.