Dissecting the effect of family business exposure on entrepreneurial implementation intention

Abstract

PurposeScholars have typically examined family business exposure as an aggregate variable. However, it is probable that this trend oversimplifies the complexity of family exposure and its nuanced influence on entrepreneurial behaviour. Thus, to extend the theoretical boundary, this inquiry investigates distinct dimensions of family exposure in Nigeria while drawing on the theory of planned behaviour.Design/methodology/approachData were collected from five public universities in Nigeria. A sample of 1,314 respondents was analysed using a partial least squares structural equation modelling approach to determine the influence of alternate family business exposures.FindingsThe results show that entrepreneurial exposure in the forms of parent, family member and work involvement have salient and distinctive influences on implementation intention to the extent that entrepreneurial self-efficacy, attitudes and subjective norms are uniquely impacted.Originality/valueThis study offers novel insights on the predictors of entrepreneurial implementation intention through the distinctive effects of (1) family member exposure, (2) parent exposure and (3) work involvement exposure among students in the family firm context.

The mediating role of planned behaviour in the religiosity and nascent entrepreneurship nexus

“…On this occasion, entrepreneurial attitude was "expressed as a full mediation to the influence of creativity on entrepreneurial intention" (Kusmintarti et al, 2017, p. 33). Furthermore, Onjewu et al (2022) demonstrated that entrepreneurial attitudes mediate the relationship between family business background and entrepreneurial implementation intention. Even now, no evidence of entrepreneurial attitude is in sight in the link between religiosity and nascent entrepreneurship.…”

“…Entrepreneurial self-efficacy measures one's self-competence as it concerns venture creation (Zhang et al, 2014;Onjewu et al, 2022). Ajzen (2002) described it to be the ease or difficulty of performing a behaviour conditioned by past experience and expected barriers.…”

“…Positive attitudes make it more likely for a behaviour to be adopted and vice versa for negative attitudes (Singh et al, 2021). In entrepreneurship, attitudes have been found to be shaped by background factors such as the family setting, education and prior experiences (Krueger et al, 2000;Athayde, 2009;Basu, 2010;Onjewu et al, 2022). For this reason, extant works have sought to identify and interrogate antecedents such as the sociocultural backdrop, family background and financial support that likely influence attitude (Bagozzi, 1992;Kolvereid, 1996;Shirokova et al, 2016).…”

“…Furthermore, Liñ an and Fayolle (2015) and Krueger (2017) believe that compared to entrepreneurial goal intention, entrepreneurial implementation intention reflects an even greater drive to launch a new venture. Rather than being an incipient desire, entrepreneurial implementation intention is a volitional phase that is backed by actioning the where, when and how of new venture creation (Gollwitzer, 1999;Onjewu et al, 2022). Third, nascent entrepreneurship refers to the gathering of resources to launch the new venture although still being preoperational (Warhuus et al, 2021).…”

“…By definition, the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) maintains that intentions are greatest when individuals are predisposed to a behaviour (attitude), experience strong subjective norms towards that behaviour and have a conviction of its successful performance (entrepreneurial self-efficacy) (Carr and Sequeira, 2007). Thus, a dense literature has accrued espousing TPB to describe outcomes such as environmental sustainability intention (Singh et al, 2021), travel intention (Sujood and Bano, 2022), electronic wallet use intention (Persada et al, 2021) and, relatedly, entrepreneurial intention (David and Lawal, 2018;Onjewu et al, 2022). Appertaining to the religiosity-nascent entrepreneurship nexus, a holistic examination of the unique effects of attitude, subjective norms and entrepreneurial self-efficacy in this association is seemingly missing.…”