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Entrepreneurship as a Career Option: Do Temporary Workers Have the Competencies, Intention and Willingness to Become Entrepreneurs?
Journal of Entrepreneurship (2016)
  • Sílvia Fernandes Costa, Northeastern University
  • António Caetano, ISCTE – University Institute of Lisbon
  • Susana C. Santos, Rowan University
Abstract
This study analyses the entrepreneurial intentions and the willingness of temporary workers to consider entrepreneurship as a career option. Specifically, we analyse the self-perception of entrepreneurial competencies of a group of temporary workers. A total of 184 temporary workers participated in the study. We performed a multiple correspondence analysis (MCA) to identify profiles of entrepreneurial competencies according to temporary workers’ entrepreneurial intention and willingness to consider entrepreneurship as a career option. We conclude that temporary workers do not always perceive themselves as having the necessary competencies to choose for entrepreneurship in their occupational paths. The self-perception of different levels of entrepreneurial competencies is also associated with different intentions and willingness to consider entrepreneurship as a career option. Finally, we provide insights for practice, which can be considered as a starting point for activities aiming to develop entrepreneurial competencies at the individual or organisational levels.
Publication Date
January 9, 2016
DOI
10.1177/0971355716650363
Citation Information
Sílvia Fernandes Costa, António Caetano and Susana C. Santos. "Entrepreneurship as a Career Option: Do Temporary Workers Have the Competencies, Intention and Willingness to Become Entrepreneurs?" Journal of Entrepreneurship Vol. 25 Iss. 2 (2016) p. 129 - 154
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/susana-santos/23/