SOCIO-HISTORICAL SHIFTS IN LIFE STAGE AT ENTREPRENEURIAL ENTRY AND THEIR PERFORMANCE IMPLICATIONS
2022 (English)In: Academy of Management Proceedings: A Hybrid Experience, Academy of Management , 2022Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
Drawing on life course theory, we propose that shifting age norms have resulted in individuals today being younger, less experienced, and more frequently unmarried and childless at the time of entering entrepreneurship than in the past. We conjecture that these socio-historical shifts in life stage at entrepreneurial entry bear largely negative implications for entrepreneurial performance. Moreover, we argue for gender differences in the effect of parenthood on entrepreneurial performance, which we suggest have decreased over time due to the decline of traditional gender roles. Cohort analyses of data from the U.S. National Longitudinal Surveys of Youth support our conjectures.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Academy of Management , 2022.
Series
Academy of Management Proceedings, ISSN 0065-0668, E-ISSN 2151-6561
Keywords [en]
Cohort analysis, Gender roles, Gender-differences, Life course, Life stages, Longitudinal surveys, Performance
National Category
Business Administration
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-62990DOI: 10.5465/AMBPP.2022.166Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85176614364OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hj-62990DiVA, id: diva2:1816872
Conference
82nd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management 2022: A Hybrid Experience, AOM 2022 Seattle 5 August 2022 through 9 August 2022
2023-12-042023-12-042023-12-04Bibliographically approved