Intergenerational transmission of entrepreneurship: An East African perspective of SME owner’s choice of joining the family business or independent own founding
Drawing from the lens of entrepreneurship as a contextually driven phenomenon, this study examined the effects of parental business exposure (PBE) on the entrepreneurial mode of entry (EME) of the next-generation family members and the role of exposure to self-employed grandparents and motivation to...
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| description | Drawing from the lens of entrepreneurship as a contextually driven phenomenon, this study examined the effects of parental business exposure (PBE) on the entrepreneurial mode of entry (EME) of the next-generation family members and the role of exposure to self-employed grandparents and motivation to venture on the relationship between PBE and EME. A survey administered to a sample of 440 SME owners in Kenya who had one or both entrepreneurial parents indicated that PBE significantly and positively influences joining the family business and significantly and negatively impacts the independent own founding EME. Both exposures to self-employed grandparents and necessity entrepreneurship motivation improve the positive relationship between PBE and joining the family business EME. By investigating the role of these two factors in the intergenerational transmission of entrepreneurial behaviour that are of keen interest in a developing country context like Kenya, this study provides practical guidance to family businesses in these contexts on the importance of extended households and a post-entry phase training of the next-generation family business entrepreneurs in shaping the next-generation leaders of family businesses. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-c3e2af34658b4b6fbf8a3234ff71340e2025-08-20T03:08:23ZengTaylor & Francis GroupCogent Business & Management2331-19752023-12-0110110.1080/23311975.2023.2195023Intergenerational transmission of entrepreneurship: An East African perspective of SME owner’s choice of joining the family business or independent own foundingSarah W Muigai0Edward Mungai1Ramakrishna Velamuri2Strathmore University Business School, Strathmore University Kenya, Nairobi, KenyaStrathmore University Business School, Strathmore University Kenya, Nairobi, KenyaMahindra University School of Management Strathmore University Business School, Mahindra University, Hyderabad, IndiaDrawing from the lens of entrepreneurship as a contextually driven phenomenon, this study examined the effects of parental business exposure (PBE) on the entrepreneurial mode of entry (EME) of the next-generation family members and the role of exposure to self-employed grandparents and motivation to venture on the relationship between PBE and EME. A survey administered to a sample of 440 SME owners in Kenya who had one or both entrepreneurial parents indicated that PBE significantly and positively influences joining the family business and significantly and negatively impacts the independent own founding EME. Both exposures to self-employed grandparents and necessity entrepreneurship motivation improve the positive relationship between PBE and joining the family business EME. By investigating the role of these two factors in the intergenerational transmission of entrepreneurial behaviour that are of keen interest in a developing country context like Kenya, this study provides practical guidance to family businesses in these contexts on the importance of extended households and a post-entry phase training of the next-generation family business entrepreneurs in shaping the next-generation leaders of family businesses.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23311975.2023.2195023Family businessentrepreneurial mode of entryentrepreneurial behaviourintergenerational transmissionnecessity entrepreneurshipopportunity entrepreneurship |
| spellingShingle | Sarah W Muigai Edward Mungai Ramakrishna Velamuri Intergenerational transmission of entrepreneurship: An East African perspective of SME owner’s choice of joining the family business or independent own founding Cogent Business & Management Family business entrepreneurial mode of entry entrepreneurial behaviour intergenerational transmission necessity entrepreneurship opportunity entrepreneurship |
| title | Intergenerational transmission of entrepreneurship: An East African perspective of SME owner’s choice of joining the family business or independent own founding |
| title_full | Intergenerational transmission of entrepreneurship: An East African perspective of SME owner’s choice of joining the family business or independent own founding |
| title_fullStr | Intergenerational transmission of entrepreneurship: An East African perspective of SME owner’s choice of joining the family business or independent own founding |
| title_full_unstemmed | Intergenerational transmission of entrepreneurship: An East African perspective of SME owner’s choice of joining the family business or independent own founding |
| title_short | Intergenerational transmission of entrepreneurship: An East African perspective of SME owner’s choice of joining the family business or independent own founding |
| title_sort | intergenerational transmission of entrepreneurship an east african perspective of sme owner s choice of joining the family business or independent own founding |
| topic | Family business entrepreneurial mode of entry entrepreneurial behaviour intergenerational transmission necessity entrepreneurship opportunity entrepreneurship |
| url | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23311975.2023.2195023 |
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