Social identity and the transition to entrepreneurship. The role of group identification with workplace peers.

Autor/inn/en	Obschonka, Martin; Goethner, Maximilian; Silbereisen, Rainer K.; Cantner, Uwe
Titel	Social identity and the transition to entrepreneurship. The role of group identification with workplace peers. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Soziale Identität und Wechsel in die Selbstständigkeit. Die Rolle der sozialen Identifikation mit den Kollegen am Arbeitsplatz.
Quelle	In: Journal of vocational behavior, 80 (2012) 1, S. 137-147Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0001-8791; 1095-9084
DOI	10.1016/j.jvb.2011.05.007
Schlagwörter	Soziale Identität; Sozialer Wert; Entscheidung; Selbstständigkeit; Soziale Einstellung; Soziale Norm; Akademiker; Beruf; Entscheidung; Thüringen; Unternehmer; Wissenschaftler; Soziale Identität; Unternehmensgründung; Mitarbeiter; Wertorientierung; Soziale Norm; Selbstständigkeit; Determinante; Soziale Einstellung; Peer Group; Determinante; Wertorientierung; Unternehmensgründung; Beruf; Unternehmer; Akademiker; Mitarbeiter; Wissenschaftler; Thüringen
Abstract	"What role does social identity play in the transition from employed work to entrepreneurship? It was expected that social identity affects the cognitive processes that, according to the theory of planned behavior (TPB), underlie the formation of entrepreneurial intentions. Focusing on academic scientists' intentions to commercialize research knowledge, we investigated social identity (scientists' group identification with their workplace peers in academia) as a moderator in the TPB model. Our hypotheses were tested in a sample of 488 German scientists. The data revealed that entrepreneurial intentions were predicted by attitude, social norms, and perceived control and that group identification was negatively associated with perceived control. Multi-group structural equation modeling further showed that group identification moderated the TPB-intention link. Scientists with low group identification based their entrepreneurial intentions not so much on social norms and attitudes but on their self-initiative and control beliefs. Among scientists with high group identification, in turn, entrepreneurial intentions were mainly a function of social norms. These results, in sum, illustrate the long-neglected importance of identification with, and social cohesion within, peer groups at the workplace for the transition to entrepreneurship." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku). Die Untersuchung enthält quantitative Daten. Forschungsmethode: empirisch; Befragung.
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2012/2