New business start-up and subsequent entry into self-employment |
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Authors: | Lars Kolvereid Espen Isaksen |
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Institution: | aBodø Graduate School of Business, N-8049 Bodø, Norway |
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Abstract: | The present research focuses upon new businesses which are started from scratch. The theories of reasoned action and planned behavior are used to formulate hypotheses concerning self-employment intentions and subsequent entry into self-employment. The hypotheses are tested using longitudinal data from 297 Norwegian business founders. The results suggest that salient beliefs concerning self-employment determine attitudes toward self-employment, that attitude and subjective norm determine intentions to become self-employed, and that intentions to become self-employed determine actual entry into self-employment. The findings strongly support the theory of reasoned action, but provide no support for the extension of the theory represented by the theory of planned behavior. |
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Keywords: | Self-employment intentions Self-employment The theory of planned behavior Longitudinal evidence Norway |
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