Individual social capital and the implementation of entrepreneurial intentions: The case of Russia

Abstract

The current research hypothesized that individual social capital facilitates the implementation of one's intention to start a business. The research samples were drawn from a sample of 2061 adult respondents: a sub-sample of 269 adults who stated their intention to start their own business during the next two years ('intenders') and a matching sub-sample of 270 who said they did not intend to do so ('non-intenders'). The study shows that the 'intenders' possessed greater individual social capital. These resources had a positive indirect impact (through increased perceived behavioural control and attitude) on their intention to start their own business.

Testing the Integration Hypothesis in the Republic of Dagestan: The Role of Social Capital

“…Other scholars (Lin, 2001;Verhaeghe & Tampubolon, 2012) have focused on social capital as a source of the individual social resources which allow people to achieve their goals. Individual social capital means social connections and relations with surrounding people, which ultimately allow the person to more effectively adapt to the social environment (Tatarko & Schmidt, 2016) and, as a consequence, achieve greater life satisfaction.…”

“…Therefore, this social capital will be considered at the level of individual analysis (Lin, 2001), referred to as "individual social capital" (Verhaeghe & Tampubolon, 2012). We define individual social capital as the social connections and relations with others that ultimately allow a person to adapt to the social environment more effectively (Tatarko & Schmidt, 2016).…”

Relation between start-ups’ online social media presence and fundraising

“…Start-up success is embedded in a broad set of skills and expertise of the entrepreneur such as human and financial capital and access to networks (Gompes & Leruer, 2001). However, start-ups usually cannot build on the entrepreneur's human and financial capital alone (Tatarko & Schmidt, 2016). Therefore, online and offline networks are crucial for them to get the necessary financial and knowledge resources needed to succeed (Wu, 2007).…”

Roles of Individual- and Country-level Social Capital in Entrepreneurial Activities of Crowdfunding

“…For example, examining individual-level social capital, Tatarko and Schmidt (2016) showed that it facilitates the execution of an individual's intention to start a business. Besides social capital at the individual level, Kwon and Arenius (2010) examined social capital at the country level and showed how it impacts entrepreneurial opportunity perception.…”

“…For example, some studies have explored the effects of individual-and country-level social capital on entrepreneurial activities (Kwon & Arenius, 2010;Tatarko & Schmidt, 2016). …”