Why do individuals want to be entrepreneurs?

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Chapter 3 in Entrepreneurial Intention, 2020, pp 34-53 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: This chapter argues that individuals want to maximise their personal wellbeing (also known as psychic utility) and choose entrepreneurial behaviour if it seems to promise the greatest perceived desirability and a sufficiently high perceived feasibility of success. These two main tenets of the theory of planned behaviour are discussed in detail, and self-regulation, overconfidence, optimism, and solo versus team entrepreneurship are also discussed in this context.

Keywords: Business and Management; Economics and Finance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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