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Individual Entrepreneurial Intent

Construct Clarification and Development of an Internationally Reliable Metric

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ID23320997
AuthorsEdmund R Thompson (0000-0003-1215-0447, London School of Economics. He is Professor of International Management at the School of Management, University of Bath, England. Previously he was a professor at the Graduate School of Management, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan, and before that held faculty positions at the University of Hong Kong School of Business, and the National University of Singapore., corresponding author)
Year2009
Volume33
Issue3
Pages669-694
Publication date2009-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEntrepreneurship Theory and Practice (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1042-2587 • E-ISSN: 1540-6520
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1111/j.1540-6520.2009.00321.x
OpenAlexW2036944163
LanguageEN
Citations received89
References cited89

Individual entrepreneurial intent is a key construct in research on new business formation. However, neither a clear or consistent definition of nor a uniform and reliable way to measure individual entrepreneurial intent has yet emerged. Several management scholars have highlighted the impediment this constitutes to the advancement of entrepreneurship research. This paper first seeks to clarify the construct of individual entrepreneurial intent and then reports the development and validation of a reliable and internationally applicable individual entrepreneurial intent scale.

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