When Entrepreneurial Leadership Identity and Passion Meet Venture Growth Intention

Purushottam Dhakal (), Retha Wiesner and Tek Maraseni
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Purushottam Dhakal: School of Business, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, QLD 4350, Australia
Retha Wiesner: School of Business, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, QLD 4350, Australia
Tek Maraseni: Centre for Sustainable Agricultural Systems, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, QLD 4350, Australia

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 20, 1-20

Abstract: Within the emerging domain of entrepreneurial leadership research, gender issues have been largely ignored. This study aims to examine the nexus between entrepreneurial leader identity, entrepreneurial passion, and growth intention. This is done within the stacked context of being a woman entrepreneur, and in rural, regional and remote (RRR) Australia. This unique study draws upon a cross-sectional survey of 99 women entrepreneurs, employing a partial least square structural equation model. The study has found a positive relationship between entrepreneurial leader identity on the one hand and growth intention and passion on the other but could not find any conclusive evidence of a relationship between entrepreneurial passion and venture growth intention. The study opens new research avenues into the novel construct of entrepreneurial leader identity and helps to better understand the dynamics of RRR women entrepreneurship in the Australian context.

Keywords: entrepreneurial leadership; women entrepreneurs; rural; regional; remote Australia; entrepreneurial passion; entrepreneurial leadership identity; venture growth intentions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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