Following in parental footsteps? The influence of gender and learning experiences on entrepreneurial intentions

Mira Bloemen-Bekx; Wim Voordeckers; Chantal Remery; Joop Schippers

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Following in parental footsteps? The influence of gender and learning experiences on entrepreneurial intentions

Mira Bloemen-Bekx, Wim Voordeckers, Chantal Remery, Joop Schippers

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This study focusses on the influence of the family context on the development of entrepreneurial intention (EI) among young adults with entrepreneurial parents. It extends the EI literature by drawing on social cognitive career theory to study the interaction between entrepreneurial parents and their children. We introduce the learning experiences ‘vicarious learning’ and ‘social persuasion’ as antecedents of EI and found significant empirical support for the influence of social persuasion. In addition, we study the relationship between gender and EI. Our results not only confirm the direct effect of gender on EI but also reveal a significant mediating effect of parental preference – one of the social persuasion factors studied – on the gender–EI relationship.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	642-663
Number of pages	22
Journal	International Small Business Journal
Volume	37
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0266242619838936
Publication status	Published - Sept 2019

Keywords

entrepreneurial intentions
gender
learning experiences
social cognitive career theory

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