Entrepreneurial propensity in a transition economy: exploring micro-level and meso-level cultural antecedents

• Published in: The Journal of business & industrial marketing Vol. 23; no. 6; pp. 405 - 415
• Main Authors: Chelariu, Cristian, Brashear, Thomas G., Osmonbekov, Talai, Zait, Adriana
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Santa Barbara Emerald Group Publishing Limited 01.01.2008
• Subjects: Access to information; Corporate culture; Cultural values; Entrepreneurs; Entrepreneurship; Hypotheses; Individualism; Personality; Social norms; Transition economies; Control; Entrepreneurialism; Romania; Bureaucracy; Culture

Purpose - This paper aims to analyze antecedents of entrepreneurship propensity in two separate studies, at individual and organizational levels. The first study proposes that the effect of individual cultural values on entrepreneurial propensity is mediated by the locus of control. The second study...