Individual social capital and the implementation of entrepreneurial intentions: The case of Russia |
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| Authors: | Alexander Tatarko Peter Schmidt |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Higher School of Economics (HSE), National Research University, Moscow, Russia;2. Justus Liebig University of Giessen, Giessen, Germany |
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| Abstract: | The current research hypothesized that individual social capital facilitates the implementation of one's intention to start a business. The research samples were drawn from a sample of 2061 adult respondents: a sub‐sample of 269 adults who stated their intention to start their own business during the next two years (‘intenders’) and a matching sub‐sample of 270 who said they did not intend to do so (‘non‐intenders’). The study shows that the ‘intenders’ possessed greater individual social capital. These resources had a positive indirect impact (through increased perceived behavioural control and attitude) on their intention to start their own business. |
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| Keywords: | entrepreneurial intention individual social capital perceived behavioural control social support theory of planned behaviour |
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