 Slowed by commitment and hastened by obstacles: Exploring patterns of entrepreneur role exit in the EPOP datasetDouglas R. Ewing, Jeffrey Meyer and Kirk D. Kern Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 2024, vol. 21, issue C Abstract: Empirical understanding of why individuals become former entrepreneurs is not well-established. This investigation draws upon Identity Theory and Role Exit Theory to explore patterns in Entrepreneurship in the Population (EPOP) Survey Project dataset. The key finding is a theory-consistent tension between commitment and obstacles encountered in predicting exit from the entrepreneur role. The likelihood of being a former entrepreneur is decreased by surrogate indicators of commitment such as having a business as primary personal income source. The likelihood is increased by proximal obstacles such as low levels of familial support. These patterns persist after statistical control for a wide swath of demographic and business characteristics. Based on these observed patterns, avenues for future research and implications for entrepreneurs, educators, and policymakers are considered. Keywords: Entrepreneur role; Role exit; Identity theory; Commitment; Obstacles; Logistic regression (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:jobuve:v:21:y:2024:i:c:s235267342400012x DOI: 10.1016/j.jbvi.2024.e00460 Access Statistics for this article Journal of Business Venturing Insights is currently edited by Dimo Dimov More articles in Journal of Business Venturing Insights from Elsevier |
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