Gendered impact of training on entrepreneurial self-efficacy: a longitudinal study of nascent entrepreneurs

St-Jean, Étienne; Tremblay, Maripier; Fonrouge, Cécile; Chouchane, Rahma

doi:10.1080/08276331.2021.1981731

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“…Secondly, although the measurement of perceived learning is useful for observing a potential effect of the training on the reduction of stress, it is possible that there is a mediating effect on entrepreneurial self-efficacy, which may, in turn, reduce stress. To put it differently, training probably improves entrepreneurial self-efficacy (St-Jean et al. , 2021; Maritz and Brown, 2013; Bergman et al.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…One of the consequences of this stereotyping phenomenon is that women generally feel less competent than men, regardless of their actual competence (Wilson et al, 2007). This situation leads them to want to train and consequently, the training brings them positive effects in terms of their feeling of competence (self-efficacy) (St-Jean et al, 2021, Nowi nski et al, 2019Shinnar et al, 2014;Dempsey and Jennings, 2014). These perceptual issues are likely, on the one hand, to lead women to feel less suited to entrepreneurship and therefore to be stressed about their choice to start a business.…”

Section: Training Gender and Stressmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…There are works that observe that women will have greater needs for support and training and that this support will have more marked effects than for men (Cheraghi and Schøtt, 2015). Also, previous work points out that the entrepreneurial selfefficacy of women is lower than that for men (St-Jean et al, 2021;Dempsey and Jennings, 2014) because of gender stereotypes related to entrepreneurship as a career (Balachandra et al, 2019;Edelman et al, 2018;Gupta et al, 2008Gupta et al, , 2014. As a result, women seem to benefit more from the effect of training on this entrepreneurial self-efficacy.…”

Section: Role Of Gender and Participants' Interactionmentioning

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“…Based on the theory of social learning (Bandura, 1977), we develop the hypothesis that programs of this type will reduce stress if significant learning is achieved and when meaningful interactions with other nascent entrepreneurs are made. In addition, considering the more marked effects of training in the development of women's entrepreneurial self-efficacy (Shinnar et al, 2014, St-Jean et al, 2021, we hypothesize that this training will have more marked effects on stress reduction in the latter. We have tested our hypotheses on a three-wave longitudinal database of 120 nascent entrepreneurs enrolled in the program.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In addition, considering the more marked effects of training in the development of women's entrepreneurial self-efficacy (Shinnar et al. , 2014, St-Jean et al. , 2021), we hypothesize that this training will have more marked effects on stress reduction in the latter.…”

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confidence: 99%

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PurposeA career in entrepreneurship is stressful, especially during the start-up phase. Training programs for these nascent entrepreneurs are designed to improve entrepreneurial competencies and, more generally to generate learnings. Although learning outcomes can reduce stress, the conditions under which this can happen are not fully understood. The study looks particularly at the effect of learning, interaction with other participants and gender.Design/methodology/approachA six-month three-wave longitudinal study of 120 nascent entrepreneurs has been conducted to investigate the before-and-after effects of training on stress reduction. The training is specially designed to develop competencies, share knowledge about business creation and support the development of the project, not to reduce per se stress.FindingsThe training has no direct effect on stress levels. However, results indicate that interacting with others has a positive moderating effect on training as stress reduction, just as gender has. Specifically, women reduce their stress through training while men see theirs increasing. The authors conclude that breaking isolation through training is a relevant way to reduce entrepreneurial stress for nascent entrepreneurs.Research limitations/implicationsTraining programs offer different ways to deliver the learning content (online, in cohorts, in the continuous entrance, etc.). The findings of this study suggest ensuring that the participants will have opportunities to interact with others as it reduces the stress on nascent entrepreneurs. Nevertheless, the authors cannot demonstrate that this has a long-term effect as our timeframe is limited to six months.Originality/valueThis research investigates the stress-reduction effect of training, which is not a common outcome studied related to training. This highlights the importance of looking at other more distal outcomes as nascent entrepreneurs may seek other peripheral outcomes from training, like seeking a sense of belonging or wanting to break isolation.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%