TY - JOUR
T1 - The motivation behind an international entrepreneurial career after first employment experience
AU - Vrontis, Demetris
AU - El Chaarani, Hani
AU - El Nemar, Sam
AU - EL-Abiad, Zouhour
AU - Ali, Rayan
AU - Trichina, Eleni
N1 - Funding Information:
Data for this study were collected from Lebanon. Specifically, the database of email addresses was collected directly from 69 companies via the support of the Chamber of Industry and Commerce in Lebanon (Beirut and Tripoli) and the Ministry of Labor.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021, Emerald Publishing Limited.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to extend the current literature on international entrepreneurial careers by employing the structural equation modeling (SEM) technique. It mainly aims at identifying determinants of international entrepreneurial intentions among young people and after their first employment experience in Lebanon. Design/methodology/approach: The paper uses SEM on a sample of 150 young Lebanese employees to analyze the relationships among the model constructs. Findings: The SEM broadly holds and adequately fits the data. The entrepreneurship context and the motivation of young employees are the variables that positively affect entrepreneurial intentions. Entrepreneurship education and social norms have no statistically significant impact. Finally, risk awareness and professional experience are the variables that negatively affect entrepreneurial intentions. The level of international entrepreneurial intentions among young Lebanese employees is relatively low, which may be justified by the bad economic and political situation. Research limitations/implications: Data were drawn from organizations located in a specific geographical area, namely, Lebanon. Thus, this may constrain the generalizability as well as causality of the results. Originality/value: This study provides an empirical explanation of having an international entrepreneurial career after the first employment experience, with a sample of 150 young employees in Lebanon. By applying the SEM, this study developed a multi-perspective framework covering various factors that may affect the choice of an international career in entrepreneurship, especially after the first job experience. Even though this study's results reflect a particular case, its recommendations could facilitate the achievement of better learning outcomes.
AB - Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to extend the current literature on international entrepreneurial careers by employing the structural equation modeling (SEM) technique. It mainly aims at identifying determinants of international entrepreneurial intentions among young people and after their first employment experience in Lebanon. Design/methodology/approach: The paper uses SEM on a sample of 150 young Lebanese employees to analyze the relationships among the model constructs. Findings: The SEM broadly holds and adequately fits the data. The entrepreneurship context and the motivation of young employees are the variables that positively affect entrepreneurial intentions. Entrepreneurship education and social norms have no statistically significant impact. Finally, risk awareness and professional experience are the variables that negatively affect entrepreneurial intentions. The level of international entrepreneurial intentions among young Lebanese employees is relatively low, which may be justified by the bad economic and political situation. Research limitations/implications: Data were drawn from organizations located in a specific geographical area, namely, Lebanon. Thus, this may constrain the generalizability as well as causality of the results. Originality/value: This study provides an empirical explanation of having an international entrepreneurial career after the first employment experience, with a sample of 150 young employees in Lebanon. By applying the SEM, this study developed a multi-perspective framework covering various factors that may affect the choice of an international career in entrepreneurship, especially after the first job experience. Even though this study's results reflect a particular case, its recommendations could facilitate the achievement of better learning outcomes.
KW - Desirability–feasibility interactions
KW - Entrepreneurial intention
KW - International entrepreneurship
KW - Lebanon
KW - Motivation
KW - Structural equation modeling
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U2 - 10.1108/IJEBR-06-2021-0498
DO - 10.1108/IJEBR-06-2021-0498
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85117236478
SN - 1355-2554
JO - International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research
JF - International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research
ER -