What Motivates Scientists in Emerging Economies to Become Entrepreneurs? Evidence from Vietnam

Nguyen, Thang V.; Nguyen, Lan; Bryant, Scott E.; Nguyen, Hieu

doi:10.3390/su12031196

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“…This finding is consistent with the theory of planned behavior in general and empirical evidence regarding the validity of this theory when it is applied in the context of entrepreneurial behavior (Chetty and Campbell-Hunt, 2003; Liñán, 2004; Nguyen et al. , 2020a, b; Sommer, 2010; Sommer and Haug, 2011; Tan et al. , 2016).…”

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“…, 2011; Karabulut, 2016; Nguyen et al. , 2020a, b) but also encompasses other behaviors such as invention commercialization (Nguyen et al ., 2018a, b), innovation (De Jong, 2009) or international expansion (Sommer and Haug, 2011).…”

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“…The application of the theory of planned behavior to entrepreneurial intention and behavior is well-documented in the literature to explain why an entrepreneur build a start-up business (Ajzen, 1991; Liñán, 2004; Nguyen et al. , 2020a, b) and factors affecting an organization's strategic decisions to expand to new international markets (Mockaitis et al. , 2006; Chetty and Campbell-Hunt, 2003; Sommer, 2010; Sommer and Haug, 2011) or to implement new services (Tan et al.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Perceptions of self-efficacy are affirmed to drive entrepreneurial intention and behavior in the context of either starting a business (Fatoki, 2010; Zarefard and Cho, 2017; Nguyen et al. , 2020a, b), international expansion (Sommer and Haug, 2011) or implementing new services (Tan et al. , 2016).…”

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“…, 1982; Ajzen, 1985; Fazio and Zanna, 1978; Sample and Warland, 1973; Sheeran, 2002). In the field of entrepreneurship, self-motivation and governmental support are found to fuel actual entrepreneurial behavior (Doanh, 2021; Nguyen et al ., 2018a, b, 2020a, b; Lam, 2001).…”

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What motivates Vietnamese enterprises to upgrade in global value chains? Closing the intention-behavior gap

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PurposeUpgrading in global value chains (GVCs) has become a crucial strategy for enhancing competitive advantage and attaining higher profitability, especially among firms in developing countries. Drawn from the sociological approach, this study treats GVC upgrading as an entrepreneurial act and examines factors affecting firms' intention to move up in their chains based on the theory of planned behavior. The authors also further test the moderating effects of firms' knowledge about rule of origin and governmental supports on the intention-behavior gap.Design/methodology/approachIn-depth interviews with eight Vietnamese business managers were implemented to support the development of hypotheses and measurement scales. Afterwards, the authors conducted a survey on decision-makers of 402 Vietnamese firms which currently have export-import activities to collect quantitative data for testing the hypothesized relationships.FindingsThe empirical results indicate that both attitudes, behavioral control and social norms have significant positive impacts on the intention to upgrade in GVCs. In turn, such intention could further activate actual behaviors to move up in their chains. However, those who have better knowledge about rule of origin and receive governmental supports either in terms of finance, credit or technology have a higher probability of demonstrating actual behavior to upgrade in GVCs once their intentions are formed than those who do not.Practical implicationsThis research provides valuable implications for policymakers in accelerating firms' actions to upgrade within their chains, hence, actively enhancing not only organizational performance but also significantly contributes to the national economic development.Originality/valueWhile most of the previous studies examine the preconditions for firms to participate and upgrade in their GVCs, there is limited attention on determinants of firms' own intention and actual behavior to upgrade in their chains once they have participated in the GVC. Specifically, this research not only contributes to the existing knowledge regarding factors affecting firms' intention to upgrade in their chains but also closes the gap between the intention and the actual GVC upgrading behavior.

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Section: Theoretical Background and Hypothesesmentioning

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Section: Theoretical Background and Hypothesesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Effect of workplace status on employees’ creativity from the perspective of expectation identity: a moderated chain double mediation model

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Purpose Drawing upon the creativity interaction theory and expectation-identity perspective, the purpose of this paper is to construct a chain mediation model of the influence of workplace status on individual creativity from the perspective of expectation identity and to explore the moderating effect of prosocial motivation in this model. Design/methodology/approach This study reached 529 employees from 35 enterprises as the investigation objects and used structural equation model and hierarchical regression for data analysis. Data on workplace status, prosocial motivation, creativity expectations and creativity role identity were collected at Time Point T1, and individual creativity was collected at time point T2 (one month later). Findings The results reveal that: workplace status has a significantly positive effect on creativity; creativity performance expectations and creativity role identity have partial mediating effect in the relationship between workplace status and creativity, respectively; creativity performance expectations and creativity role identity play a chain double mediation role in the relationship between workplace status and creativity; and prosocial motivation moderates the relationship between workplace status and creativity and further moderates the chain double mediation effect of creativity performance expectations and creativity role identity. Originality/value In existing studies, conclusions about the relationship between workplace status and individual creativity could be divided into three viewpoints: positive, negative and U-shaped. These inconsistent findings on the relationship between workplace status and creativity imply that the relationship is complex and not fully elucidated. This may be attributed to the fact that workplace status is influenced by cultural factors and research objects. This study reinterprets the relationship between workplace status and individual creativity through the lens of creativity interaction theory and demonstrates the significance of employee workplace status in the Chinese context.

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What Motivates Scientists in Emerging Economies to Become Entrepreneurs? Evidence from Vietnam

Cited by 6 publications

References 67 publications

What motivates Vietnamese enterprises to upgrade in global value chains? Closing the intention-behavior gap

What motivates Vietnamese enterprises to upgrade in global value chains? Closing the intention-behavior gap

Novel Fabrication of Photoactive CuO/HY Zeolite as an Efficient Catalyst for Photodecolorization of Malachite Green

Effect of workplace status on employees’ creativity from the perspective of expectation identity: a moderated chain double mediation model

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