Is Culture a Moderator of Entrepreneurship Motivation? A Comparative Study of Romania and Iceland
The purpose of our study is to identify the linkage between national culture and the entrepreneurial intent for a specific demographic group. Thus, we set out to identify the differences induced by cultural context on the entrepreneurial intent of business administration bachelor students, from Roma...
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ftzbwkiel:oai:econstor.eu:10419/168907 2024-01-21T10:07:14+01:00 Is Culture a Moderator of Entrepreneurship Motivation? A Comparative Study of Romania and Iceland Brancu, Laura Guðmundsdóttir, Svala Gligor, Delia Munteanu, Valentin 2015 http://hdl.handle.net/10419/168907 eng eng Bucharest: The Bucharest University of Economic Studies gbv-ppn:1019156058 Journal: Amfiteatru Economic Journal ISSN: 2247-9104 Volume: 17 Year: 2015 Issue: 38 Pages: 133-147 Bucharest: The Bucharest University of Economic Studies http://hdl.handle.net/10419/168907 RePEc:aes:amfeco:v:38:y:2015:i:17:p:133 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ddc:330 I21 L26 M16 entrepreneurial intention cultural variables Hofstede's model Romania - Iceland cultural distance doc-type:article 2015 ftzbwkiel 2023-12-25T00:44:58Z The purpose of our study is to identify the linkage between national culture and the entrepreneurial intent for a specific demographic group. Thus, we set out to identify the differences induced by cultural context on the entrepreneurial intent of business administration bachelor students, from Romania and Iceland. The study is focused on underlining the motivations that can determine students to start their own businesses and analysing the extent to which the entrepreneurial motivations have cultural determinations (the classic model Hofstede dimensions). The method employed was a questionnaire-based survey, carried-out in both targeted countries. The independent sample t-test was used to identify the significant differences between the two groups of students. Based on the Hofstede's societal culture model (1980), the research calculates an indicator called cultural distance for four cultural dimensions: individualism/collectivism, power distance, uncertainty avoidance and masculinity/femininity, in order to highlight national cultural influence on the entrepreneurial process. The results indicate that there are significant differences between Romanian and Icelandic students; however, these differences are not explained by the cultural distance calculated for the two groups. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland EconStor (German National Library of Economics, ZBW) |
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The purpose of our study is to identify the linkage between national culture and the entrepreneurial intent for a specific demographic group. Thus, we set out to identify the differences induced by cultural context on the entrepreneurial intent of business administration bachelor students, from Romania and Iceland. The study is focused on underlining the motivations that can determine students to start their own businesses and analysing the extent to which the entrepreneurial motivations have cultural determinations (the classic model Hofstede dimensions). The method employed was a questionnaire-based survey, carried-out in both targeted countries. The independent sample t-test was used to identify the significant differences between the two groups of students. Based on the Hofstede's societal culture model (1980), the research calculates an indicator called cultural distance for four cultural dimensions: individualism/collectivism, power distance, uncertainty avoidance and masculinity/femininity, in order to highlight national cultural influence on the entrepreneurial process. The results indicate that there are significant differences between Romanian and Icelandic students; however, these differences are not explained by the cultural distance calculated for the two groups. |
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Brancu, Laura Guðmundsdóttir, Svala Gligor, Delia Munteanu, Valentin |
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Brancu, Laura Guðmundsdóttir, Svala Gligor, Delia Munteanu, Valentin |
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Brancu, Laura |
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Is Culture a Moderator of Entrepreneurship Motivation? A Comparative Study of Romania and Iceland |
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Is Culture a Moderator of Entrepreneurship Motivation? A Comparative Study of Romania and Iceland |
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Is Culture a Moderator of Entrepreneurship Motivation? A Comparative Study of Romania and Iceland |
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Is Culture a Moderator of Entrepreneurship Motivation? A Comparative Study of Romania and Iceland |
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Is Culture a Moderator of Entrepreneurship Motivation? A Comparative Study of Romania and Iceland |
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is culture a moderator of entrepreneurship motivation? a comparative study of romania and iceland |
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Bucharest: The Bucharest University of Economic Studies |
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