Devin Burnell, Emily Neubert, G. Fisher, Regan M. Stevenson, D. Kuratko, Marvel Matthew
Entrepreneurial hustle refers to urgent and unorthodox actions that entrepreneurs take to move their ventures forward. Recent literature suggests entrepreneurial hustle is important for venture development. However, the literature on entrepreneurial hustle is limited without a valid and reliable measurement scale. We first elaborate the two dimensions of entrepreneurial hustle and specify its theoretical connections with other constructs. We then develop and validate a scale to measure entrepreneurial hustle. In Study 1, we generate items for the scale based on our theoretical developments and find evidence to support the content validity of these items. In Study 2, we collect additional data (N=232) to assess convergent, criterion, and discriminant validity and confirm factor structure. The results of Study 2 confirm entrepreneurial hustle is a second-order formative construct composed of two first-order reflective dimensions—urgency and unorthodoxy. Results also provide evidence for convergent, criterion, and discriminant validity. We contribute to the literature on entrepreneurial action by providing evidence that hustle is a valid behavioral construct and can be reliably measured with our new measurement scale.
{"title":"Entrepreneurial Hustle: Development and Validation of a Scale to Measure Entrepreneurial Hustle","authors":"Devin Burnell, Emily Neubert, G. Fisher, Regan M. Stevenson, D. Kuratko, Marvel Matthew","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.3910832","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3910832","url":null,"abstract":"Entrepreneurial hustle refers to urgent and unorthodox actions that entrepreneurs take to move their ventures forward. Recent literature suggests entrepreneurial hustle is important for venture development. However, the literature on entrepreneurial hustle is limited without a valid and reliable measurement scale. We first elaborate the two dimensions of entrepreneurial hustle and specify its theoretical connections with other constructs. We then develop and validate a scale to measure entrepreneurial hustle. In Study 1, we generate items for the scale based on our theoretical developments and find evidence to support the content validity of these items. In Study 2, we collect additional data (N=232) to assess convergent, criterion, and discriminant validity and confirm factor structure. The results of Study 2 confirm entrepreneurial hustle is a second-order formative construct composed of two first-order reflective dimensions—urgency and unorthodoxy. Results also provide evidence for convergent, criterion, and discriminant validity. We contribute to the literature on entrepreneurial action by providing evidence that hustle is a valid behavioral construct and can be reliably measured with our new measurement scale.","PeriodicalId":268317,"journal":{"name":"ERPN: Individuals (Topic)","volume":"976 ","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-08-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"113995587","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-07-30DOI: 10.21303/2504-5571.2021.001943
Daniel Teles, C. Nieuwenhuizen, C. Schachtebeck
Individual entrepreneurial orientation (IEO) has been defined as the ability to psychologically understand the reasons why individuals choose to engage in entrepreneurial activities. However, for individuals to start these much-needed business ventures, they must be oriented to do so upon completion of their studies. Entrepreneurial education (EE) might directly influence whether students decide to pursue an entrepreneurial venture based on the knowledge and skills, which they feel they have accumulated through their studies. A Delphi study was performed to determine how the EE, being received by university students, in the context of Scotland and South Africa, may influence them to choose an entrepreneurial career. The data were obtained from 16 academic experts, eight from South African universities and eight from Scottish universities. The data were analysed using thematic content analysis. IEO has been studied using the five original dimensions, namely, innovativeness, risk-taking, proactiveness, autonomy, and competitive aggressiveness. However, the results reveal that only three of the five IEO dimensions are prevalent when aligning to a student’s entrepreneurial behaviour. The results also reveal that EE should ensure that practical teachings receive more attention than theoretical teachings. This study may assist universities to better prepare their curriculums to include teachings that will improve the IEO of students.
{"title":"Entrepreneurial Education and Individual Entrepreneurial Orientation: An Experts’ Perspective. An Empirical Delphi Study","authors":"Daniel Teles, C. Nieuwenhuizen, C. Schachtebeck","doi":"10.21303/2504-5571.2021.001943","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21303/2504-5571.2021.001943","url":null,"abstract":"Individual entrepreneurial orientation (IEO) has been defined as the ability to psychologically understand the reasons why individuals choose to engage in entrepreneurial activities. However, for individuals to start these much-needed business ventures, they must be oriented to do so upon completion of their studies. Entrepreneurial education (EE) might directly influence whether students decide to pursue an entrepreneurial venture based on the knowledge and skills, which they feel they have accumulated through their studies. A Delphi study was performed to determine how the EE, being received by university students, in the context of Scotland and South Africa, may influence them to choose an entrepreneurial career. The data were obtained from 16 academic experts, eight from South African universities and eight from Scottish universities. The data were analysed using thematic content analysis. IEO has been studied using the five original dimensions, namely, innovativeness, risk-taking, proactiveness, autonomy, and competitive aggressiveness. However, the results reveal that only three of the five IEO dimensions are prevalent when aligning to a student’s entrepreneurial behaviour. The results also reveal that EE should ensure that practical teachings receive more attention than theoretical teachings. This study may assist universities to better prepare their curriculums to include teachings that will improve the IEO of students.","PeriodicalId":268317,"journal":{"name":"ERPN: Individuals (Topic)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128495997","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
New technologies and digital platforms have ushered in a rise of gig, freelance, contract, and other types of independent work. Although independent workers and the gig economy as a whole have received plenty of attention, little research has examined the heterogeneity of work characteristics among different independent work opportunities, specifically as it relates to the participation of women in this workforce. Existing data indicate that some digital platforms are more male dominated, whereas others are more female dominated. What accounts for these differences? In this paper, we empirically examine the heterogeneity of work within independent work opportunities in relation to female participation by analyzing work characteristics in the United States from the Occupational Information Network (O*Net) database that reflect greater temporal flexibility, which has been shown to vary across occupations and to attract more female workers. Our findings suggest that women in the independent work context do self-select into the types of independent work jobs that reflect greater temporal flexibility, as is the case for women working in traditional employment. However, our findings also reveal that the way in which the existing literature measures temporal flexibility in traditional work settings may not be the same as the way it is measured in the context of independent work. We discuss the implications of our findings for public policy and labor laws.
{"title":"Women as Independent Workers in the Gig Economy","authors":"Liya Palagashvili, P. Suarez","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.3815975","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3815975","url":null,"abstract":"New technologies and digital platforms have ushered in a rise of gig, freelance, contract, and other types of independent work. Although independent workers and the gig economy as a whole have received plenty of attention, little research has examined the heterogeneity of work characteristics among different independent work opportunities, specifically as it relates to the participation of women in this workforce. Existing data indicate that some digital platforms are more male dominated, whereas others are more female dominated. What accounts for these differences? In this paper, we empirically examine the heterogeneity of work within independent work opportunities in relation to female participation by analyzing work characteristics in the United States from the Occupational Information Network (O*Net) database that reflect greater temporal flexibility, which has been shown to vary across occupations and to attract more female workers. Our findings suggest that women in the independent work context do self-select into the types of independent work jobs that reflect greater temporal flexibility, as is the case for women working in traditional employment. However, our findings also reveal that the way in which the existing literature measures temporal flexibility in traditional work settings may not be the same as the way it is measured in the context of independent work. We discuss the implications of our findings for public policy and labor laws.","PeriodicalId":268317,"journal":{"name":"ERPN: Individuals (Topic)","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-03-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114137733","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A recent trend in entrepreneurship education has been the emergence of microcredentials. This note provides some cautionary thoughts on the current state of microcredentials in entrepreneurship and provides some recommendations for the future development of the field. One recommendation is the introduction of self-regulation. Credibility is also shown to be an important factor in developing a user base, but legitimacy and relevance are equally, if not more, important. As a result, any microcredential should only be developed after a careful strategic analysis of the stakeholders and a sound understanding of the underlying dynamics.
{"title":"A Cautionary Note on Micro-credentialing in Entrepreneurship Education","authors":"Steven E. Phelan, C. Glackin","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.3500880","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3500880","url":null,"abstract":"A recent trend in entrepreneurship education has been the emergence of microcredentials. This note provides some cautionary thoughts on the current state of microcredentials in entrepreneurship and provides some recommendations for the future development of the field. One recommendation is the introduction of self-regulation. Credibility is also shown to be an important factor in developing a user base, but legitimacy and relevance are equally, if not more, important. As a result, any microcredential should only be developed after a careful strategic analysis of the stakeholders and a sound understanding of the underlying dynamics.","PeriodicalId":268317,"journal":{"name":"ERPN: Individuals (Topic)","volume":"172 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114437170","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The objective of this research is to analyze the formal institutional framework that influences the intention to create companies in the department of Quindío (Colombia). The study is descriptive and uses the transversal-nature non-experimental methodology. According to the structure of the project and the type of information collected, the research is mixed natured. This work involves obtaining information from two groups of sources that were chosen by convenience: fourteen public and private institutions connected to entrepreneurship in the region, to which a semi-structured questionnaire was applied, and four experts on entrepreneurship on whom an unstructured interview was applied. The research uses the theoretical institutional framework proposed by Douglas North as regards formal institutions. The findings conclude that the works by the different formal entities that support entrepreneurship in Quindío is disperse and that they are not articulated in a specialized and collaborative work scheme that fosters the achievement of a common goal to generate a positive impact of greater magnitude at the departmental level.
{"title":"Formal Institutional Factors Influencing the Entrepreneurial Intent in Quindío (Colombia)","authors":"Edwin Tarapuez, B. Guzmán, Ramiro Parra","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.3459587","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3459587","url":null,"abstract":"The objective of this research is to analyze the formal institutional framework that influences the intention to create companies in the department of Quindío (Colombia). The study is descriptive and uses the transversal-nature non-experimental methodology. According to the structure of the project and the type of information collected, the research is mixed natured. This work involves obtaining information from two groups of sources that were chosen by convenience: fourteen public and private institutions connected to entrepreneurship in the region, to which a semi-structured questionnaire was applied, and four experts on entrepreneurship on whom an unstructured interview was applied. The research uses the theoretical institutional framework proposed by Douglas North as regards formal institutions. The findings conclude that the works by the different formal entities that support entrepreneurship in Quindío is disperse and that they are not articulated in a specialized and collaborative work scheme that fosters the achievement of a common goal to generate a positive impact of greater magnitude at the departmental level.","PeriodicalId":268317,"journal":{"name":"ERPN: Individuals (Topic)","volume":"212 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124154601","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jiun-Hao Wang, Jui-Hsiung Chuang, Yu-Chang Liou, Szu-Yung Wang
The scarcity of young farmers is a severe structural problem encountered in small- scale agricultural countries. How to encourage agricultural students entering into farming career is becoming a political priority for agricultural policy. Previous studies suggested that a proactive entrepreneurship is regarded as an important driver for business expansion in rural areas. Agriculture-related social enterprises are seen as a crucial solution to the challenges faced and have gradually become part of mainstream business in rural areas. However, there is limited research available on individual traits and factors that affect students’ intentions to set-up agri-business with the pursuit of a social and/or environmental contribution. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of personality traits and creativity factors of university students on their social entrepreneurship. A survey was designed to measure social entrepreneurial intentions as dependent variable as well as personality traits and creative ability as explanatory variables. A face-to-face interview was conducted and targeted the students in two national universities and followed a systematic sampling scheme, during October and November 2017. A total of 585 respondents were obtained. A structural equation modelling was used to examine causal relationships among latent variables. The results show that social entrepreneurship is positively influenced by personality traits of agricultural students directly. However, creative ability does not have a direct impact on entrepreneurial intentions significantly. Our results reveal that the creativity is mediated by personality traits and affects social entrepreneurship intention indirectly. This study contributes to a better understanding of structural relationship between personality, creativity and social entrepreneurship by developing and testing a structure model. The main policy implication of this study can be inferred. In addition to professional creativity courses, we suggest that educators and policy makers with respect to entrepreneurship education need to pay more attention on the general education courses related to personality re-shaping. To enhance extraversion, emotional stability and openness of personality traits may serve agricultural students better to engage in social entrepreneurship after their graduation.
{"title":"Exploring Relationship Between Personality, Creativity and Entrepreneurship: Empirical Evidence From an Agricultural Students Survey in Taiwan","authors":"Jiun-Hao Wang, Jui-Hsiung Chuang, Yu-Chang Liou, Szu-Yung Wang","doi":"10.20474/jabs-4.6.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20474/jabs-4.6.2","url":null,"abstract":"The scarcity of young farmers is a severe structural problem encountered in small- scale agricultural countries. How to encourage agricultural students entering into farming career is becoming a political priority for agricultural policy. Previous studies suggested that a proactive entrepreneurship is regarded as an important driver for business expansion in rural areas. Agriculture-related social enterprises are seen as a crucial solution to the challenges faced and have gradually become part of mainstream business in rural areas. However, there is limited research available on individual traits and factors that affect students’ intentions to set-up agri-business with the pursuit of a social and/or environmental contribution. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of personality traits and creativity factors of university students on their social entrepreneurship. A survey was designed to measure social entrepreneurial intentions as dependent variable as well as personality traits and creative ability as explanatory variables. A face-to-face interview was conducted and targeted the students in two national universities and followed a systematic sampling scheme, during October and November 2017. A total of 585 respondents were obtained. A structural equation modelling was used to examine causal relationships among latent variables. The results show that social entrepreneurship is positively influenced by personality traits of agricultural students directly. However, creative ability does not have a direct impact on entrepreneurial intentions significantly. Our results reveal that the creativity is mediated by personality traits and affects social entrepreneurship intention indirectly. This study contributes to a better understanding of structural relationship between personality, creativity and social entrepreneurship by developing and testing a structure model. The main policy implication of this study can be inferred. In addition to professional creativity courses, we suggest that educators and policy makers with respect to entrepreneurship education need to pay more attention on the general education courses related to personality re-shaping. To enhance extraversion, emotional stability and openness of personality traits may serve agricultural students better to engage in social entrepreneurship after their graduation.","PeriodicalId":268317,"journal":{"name":"ERPN: Individuals (Topic)","volume":"72 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114010142","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
In the modern workplace, it is increasingly common for workers to concurrently attend to tasks across multiple physical locations. However, frequent site switching can lead to increased setup and overhead costs. Specifically, workers expend significant time and cognitive effort getting reoriented with personnel, operating processes, tools, and resources whenever they switch sites. In this paper, we look at the productivity and quality implications of multi-site work. To estimate the effect of multi-site operations on performance, we turn to a setting where multi-site worker assignment is common - that of physicians who have admitting privileges at multiple hospitals. We collected detailed data on individual physicians practicing in 83 hospitals between 1999 and 2010. Our extensive data set includes detailed operational and clinical factors associated with over 950,000 patient encounters. Our empirical analysis takes the form of a panel, where we follow a given physician over time, and link short-term multi-siting to patient level outcomes. We find that multi-siting negatively impact productivity. Specifically, for each additional site at which a physician works, we observe a 2% increase in patient length of stay. For each site served, the likelihood of a patient developing a complication increases by 3%. Greater travel distance between sites, and lack of focus at a given site explain the performance declines due to multi-siting. In addition, we find that the performance declines due to multi-site operation are reduced among low-complexity patients, and among highly-experienced physicians.
{"title":"The Effects of Multi-Siting on Productivity and Quality","authors":"D. Kc, S. Tushe","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.3445192","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3445192","url":null,"abstract":"In the modern workplace, it is increasingly common for workers to concurrently attend to tasks across multiple physical locations. However, frequent site switching can lead to increased setup and overhead costs. Specifically, workers expend significant time and cognitive effort getting reoriented with personnel, operating processes, tools, and resources whenever they switch sites. In this paper, we look at the productivity and quality implications of multi-site work. To estimate the effect of multi-site operations on performance, we turn to a setting where multi-site worker assignment is common - that of physicians who have admitting privileges at multiple hospitals. We collected detailed data on individual physicians practicing in 83 hospitals between 1999 and 2010. Our extensive data set includes detailed operational and clinical factors associated with over 950,000 patient encounters. Our empirical analysis takes the form of a panel, where we follow a given physician over time, and link short-term multi-siting to patient level outcomes. We find that multi-siting negatively impact productivity. Specifically, for each additional site at which a physician works, we observe a 2% increase in patient length of stay. For each site served, the likelihood of a patient developing a complication increases by 3%. Greater travel distance between sites, and lack of focus at a given site explain the performance declines due to multi-siting. In addition, we find that the performance declines due to multi-site operation are reduced among low-complexity patients, and among highly-experienced physicians.","PeriodicalId":268317,"journal":{"name":"ERPN: Individuals (Topic)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131176966","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Based on an original dataset linking patent data and biographical information for a large sample of US immigrant inventors with Indian names and surnames, specialized in ICT technologies, we investigate the rate and determinants of return migration. For each individual in the dataset, we both estimate the year of entry in the United States, the likely entry channel (work or education), and the permanence spell up to either the return to India or right truncation. By means of survival analysis, we then provide exploratory estimates of the probability of return migration as a function of the conditions at migration (age, education, patenting record, migration motives, and migration cohort) as well as of some activities undertaken while abroad (education and patenting). We find both evidence of negative self-selection with respect to educational achievements in the US and of positive self-selection with respect to patenting propensity. Based on the analysis of time-dependence of the return hazard ratios, return work migrants appear to be negatively self-selected with respect to unobservable skills acquired abroad, while evidence for education migrants is less conclusive.
{"title":"Return Migrants’ Self-Selection: Evidence for Indian Inventor","authors":"Stefano Breschi, F. Lissoni, Ernest Miguelez","doi":"10.3386/w24809","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3386/w24809","url":null,"abstract":"Based on an original dataset linking patent data and biographical information for a large sample of US immigrant inventors with Indian names and surnames, specialized in ICT technologies, we investigate the rate and determinants of return migration. For each individual in the dataset, we both estimate the year of entry in the United States, the likely entry channel (work or education), and the permanence spell up to either the return to India or right truncation. By means of survival analysis, we then provide exploratory estimates of the probability of return migration as a function of the conditions at migration (age, education, patenting record, migration motives, and migration cohort) as well as of some activities undertaken while abroad (education and patenting). We find both evidence of negative self-selection with respect to educational achievements in the US and of positive self-selection with respect to patenting propensity. Based on the analysis of time-dependence of the return hazard ratios, return work migrants appear to be negatively self-selected with respect to unobservable skills acquired abroad, while evidence for education migrants is less conclusive.","PeriodicalId":268317,"journal":{"name":"ERPN: Individuals (Topic)","volume":"43 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128446969","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Business ownership and self‐employment constitute a vital part of the economy. Entrepreneurs can provide employment for themselves and others. While many of the determinants of entrepreneurship have been intensively studied, the link between language ability and entrepreneurship has not. Using the Chinese Migrant Population Data from 2013 to 2014, this paper studies the importance of language ability when immigrants choose to become entrepreneurs. As a unique regional verbal form, dialect is an important channel to show one’s identity. Acquiring the local dialect increases entrepreneurial prospects by helping immigrants build their social network, enhancing their social identity, and reducing barriers to starting a business. We find that immigrants who can understand and fluently speak the local dialect are more like to become entrepreneurs. The effect of language on entrepreneurship is more pronounced in the urban fringe, towns and rural areas, and especially where individuals migrate across different dialectal regions. Gaining local dialect skills positively influence the decision to become either a necessity or an opportunity-driven entrepreneur. This paper reveals the impact of the dialect on startup activities, and it has important implications for immigrant’s employment decisions.
{"title":"The Making of Entrepreneurship: Does Language Ability Matter?","authors":"Xiahai Wei, Yang Jiao, G. Growe","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.3139384","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3139384","url":null,"abstract":"Business ownership and self‐employment constitute a vital part of the economy. Entrepreneurs can provide employment for themselves and others. While many of the determinants of entrepreneurship have been intensively studied, the link between language ability and entrepreneurship has not. Using the Chinese Migrant Population Data from 2013 to 2014, this paper studies the importance of language ability when immigrants choose to become entrepreneurs. As a unique regional verbal form, dialect is an important channel to show one’s identity. Acquiring the local dialect increases entrepreneurial prospects by helping immigrants build their social network, enhancing their social identity, and reducing barriers to starting a business. We find that immigrants who can understand and fluently speak the local dialect are more like to become entrepreneurs. The effect of language on entrepreneurship is more pronounced in the urban fringe, towns and rural areas, and especially where individuals migrate across different dialectal regions. Gaining local dialect skills positively influence the decision to become either a necessity or an opportunity-driven entrepreneur. This paper reveals the impact of the dialect on startup activities, and it has important implications for immigrant’s employment decisions.","PeriodicalId":268317,"journal":{"name":"ERPN: Individuals (Topic)","volume":"152 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-01-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121876319","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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