TY - JOUR
T1 - Implementation intentions in the entrepreneurial process
T2 - concept, empirical findings, and research agenda
AU - van Gelderen, Marco
AU - Kautonen, Teemu
AU - Wincent, Joakim
AU - Biniari, Marina
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - Prior studies find sizable gaps between entrepreneurial intentions and subsequent actions. We extend models of entrepreneurial intentions by drawing on action phase theory to better understand how entrepreneurial intentions translate into actions. Our study focuses on the effects of implementation intentions on taking entrepreneurial action. The analysis uses two waves of survey data on 422 individuals, from the Swedish general population, who had an explicit interest in starting a business and who reported on their actions 6 months later. We test and find support for a moderated mediation model in which implementation intentions mediate the effects of goal intentions on taking entrepreneurial action. We further find the mediated effect to be even stronger for those confirming a strong intention to start a new business. We provide an in-depth discussion of the concept of implementation intention and an extensive research agenda.
AB - Prior studies find sizable gaps between entrepreneurial intentions and subsequent actions. We extend models of entrepreneurial intentions by drawing on action phase theory to better understand how entrepreneurial intentions translate into actions. Our study focuses on the effects of implementation intentions on taking entrepreneurial action. The analysis uses two waves of survey data on 422 individuals, from the Swedish general population, who had an explicit interest in starting a business and who reported on their actions 6 months later. We test and find support for a moderated mediation model in which implementation intentions mediate the effects of goal intentions on taking entrepreneurial action. We further find the mediated effect to be even stronger for those confirming a strong intention to start a new business. We provide an in-depth discussion of the concept of implementation intention and an extensive research agenda.
KW - Entrepreneurial action
KW - Entrepreneurial behavior
KW - Entrepreneurial intentions
KW - Entrepreneurship
KW - Implementation intentions
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U2 - 10.1007/s11187-017-9971-6
DO - 10.1007/s11187-017-9971-6
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85038863705
SN - 0921-898X
VL - 51
SP - 923
EP - 941
JO - Small Business Economics
JF - Small Business Economics
IS - 4
ER -