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The translation of entrepreneurial intention into start-up behaviour: The moderating role of regional social capital
Jönköping University, School of Engineering, JTH, Supply Chain and Operations Management.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-4825-4523
Linnaeus University, Sweden.
St. Petersburg University, Russia.
2019 (English)In: International Small Business Journal, ISSN 0266-2426, E-ISSN 1741-2870, Vol. 37, no 5, p. 473-501Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

This article examines the moderating role of regional social capital in the intention–behaviour link in entrepreneurship. We investigate to what extent the regional social capital context in which aspiring entrepreneurs are embedded strengthens or weakens the translation of individual entrepreneurial intentions into new venture creation activities. Our results suggest that the intention–behaviour link is weakened by cognitive regional social capital in the form of regional hierarchy values and strengthened by structural regional capital in the form of regional cultural diversity and regional breadth of associational activity, as well as by relational regional social capital in the form of high levels of regional generalised trust. Our findings suggest that to support new venture creation activity, there is a need to grow regional social capital via the enhancement of social trust, associational activities and regional cultural diversity – and at the same time decrease hierarchical social structures within regions.

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Sage Publications, 2019. Vol. 37, no 5, p. 473-501
Keywords [en]
contingency effects, entrepreneurial behaviour, entrepreneurial intention, intention–behaviour link, regional social capital, social embeddedness, theory of planned behavior
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Business Administration
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-43400DOI: 10.1177/0266242619831170ISI: 000474895600003Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85062852982Local ID: ;JTHLogistikISOAI: oai:DiVA.org:hj-43400DiVA, id: diva2:1301216
Available from: 2019-04-01 Created: 2019-04-01 Last updated: 2019-08-14Bibliographically approved

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