Entrepreneurship by Circumstances and Abilities: The Mediating Role of Job Satisfaction and Moderating Role of Self-Efficacy

14 Pages Posted: 17 Dec 2008 Last revised: 28 Feb 2015

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Pok-Kam Wong

National University of Singapore (NUS)

Lena Lee

National University of Singapore (NUS)

Aegean Leung

National University of Singapore (NUS)

Abstract

Existing literature on entrepreneurship often regards job dissatisfaction as an entrepreneurial push factor and self-efficacy as an entrepreneurial pull factor. The argument is that individuals who are dissatisfied with their jobs are more likely to seek alternative mode of employment such as self-employment. On the other hand, personal abilities such as self-efficacy may pull individuals toward starting their own businesses in areas where they are confident and competent in. Despite the importance of job dissatisfaction and self-efficacy for new venture creation, few if any studies have examined the entrepreneurial phenomena from a holistic perspective. Utilizing concepts from the P-E fit and self-efficacy literature, we specifically examined how IT professional's personal attributes such as innovation orientation and self-efficacy condition individuals for an entrepreneurial career in unsatisfactory work environments.

Keywords: Entrepreneurship

JEL Classification: M13

Suggested Citation

Wong, Pok-Kam and Lee, Lena and Leung, Aegean, Entrepreneurship by Circumstances and Abilities: The Mediating Role of Job Satisfaction and Moderating Role of Self-Efficacy. Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BCERC) 2006 Paper, Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 2006, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1310756 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1310756

Pok-Kam Wong (Contact Author)

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Lena Lee

National University of Singapore (NUS) ( email )

1E Kent Ridge Road
NUHS Tower Block Level 7
Singapore, 119228
Singapore

Aegean Leung

National University of Singapore (NUS) ( email )

1E Kent Ridge Road
NUHS Tower Block Level 7
Singapore, 119228
Singapore

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