Is Entrepreneurial Cognition Culturally Bound? A Comparative Study Conducted in Turkey and the United States PDF Print E-mail

 

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A. Banu Goktan, University of North Texas at Dallas
Gonca Gunay, Izmir University of Economics

Abstract. International entrepreneurship research suggests that there is an association between national culture and entrepreneurship. However, the findings are inconsistent. This study aims to explore the relationship between culture and entrepreneurial cognition, namely likelihood of venture creation, aspiration of the entrepreneur for the new venture, and opportunity evaluation, based on Hofstede’s (1980) conceptualization of culture.  Findings suggest that culture and entrepreneurial cognitions are significantly interrelated.

Résumé. Les recherches portant sur l’entreprenariat au plan international révèlent qu’il existe un lien entre la culture nationale et l’entreprenariat. Cependant, ces résultats sont contradictoires. Le but de cette étude est d’examiner le lien qui existe entre la culture et la cognition entrepreneuriale, c’est-à-dire la probabilité de créer une nouvelle entreprise, les ambitions de l’entrepreneur pour sa nouvelle entreprise, et l’évaluation des opportunités d’après la conceptualisation de la culture selon Hofstede (1980). Les résultats obtenus suggèrent que la culture et la cognition entrepreneuriales sont liées de façon significative.

Is Entrepreneurial Cognition Culturally Bound? A Comparative Study Conducted in Turkey and the United States Is Entrepreneurial Cognition Culturally Bound? A Comparative Study Conducted in Turkey and the United States

 
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