The influence of gender on entrepreneurial intentionthe mediating role of perceptual factors

  1. Carmen Camelo-Ordaz 1
  2. Juan Pablo Diánez-González 1
  3. José Ruiz-Navarro 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Cádiz
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    Universidad de Cádiz

    Cádiz, España

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Revista:
Business Research Quarterly

ISSN: 2340-9444 2340-9436

Año de publicación: 2016

Volumen: 19

Número: 4

Páginas: 261-277

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.1016/J.BRQ.2016.03.001 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso abierto editor

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Resumen

La evidencia empírica dedicada a analizar el impacto de los factores perceptivos en la explicación de las diferencias en la intención emprendedora de hombres y mujeres es aún limitada y no del todo concluyente ( Shinnar et al., 2012 ; Wilson et al., 2009).). Esta investigación no concluyente es significativamente más destacable cuando el análisis se centra en la intención emprendedora de hombres y mujeres una vez que se convierten en emprendedores. Partiendo de esta brecha y tomando como punto de partida las premisas de la Teoría Social Feminista, nuestro trabajo tiene como objetivo examinar el papel mediador de los factores perceptivos en la relación entre género e intención emprendedora de no emprendedores y emprendedores. A partir de una muestra proporcionada por el Proyecto Global Entrepreneurship Monitor de 21.697 no emprendedores españoles y 2.899 emprendedores españoles, nuestros resultados han demostrado que, en términos generales, el factor perceptual media plenamente la relación entre el género y la intención emprendedora de los no emprendedores, mientras que tal impacto mediador desaparece cuando la gente se convierte en emprendedora.

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