Perceptions culturelles et intention d'entreprendre: Une comparaison entre des étudiants brésiliens et français

Saulo Dubard Barbosa (), Walter Marinho de Oliveira, Alain Fayolle and Francisco Vidal Barbosa
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Saulo Dubard Barbosa: EM - EMLyon Business School
Walter Marinho de Oliveira: CERAG - Centre d'études et de recherches appliquées à la gestion - UPMF - Université Pierre Mendès France - Grenoble 2 - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Alain Fayolle: EM - EMLyon Business School, CERAG - Centre d'études et de recherches appliquées à la gestion - UPMF - Université Pierre Mendès France - Grenoble 2 - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Francisco Vidal Barbosa: UFMG - Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais = Federal University of Minas Gerais [Belo Horizonte, Brazil]

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Abstract: In this study we complement existing literature on the influence of national culture on entrepreneurship. More precisely, we present an empirical study aiming to measure the impact of different cultural dimensions over entrepreneurial intentions. Different from previous research, we use a measurement instrument specifically created to capture the entrepreneurial culture of a region or country, i.e., the questionnaire C-ENT (Culture of Entrepreneurship) developed by Stephan (2007). Thus, we suggest a theoretical model that details cultural dimensions that are much closer to entrepreneurial behavior than those use in previous research, and we present a first empirical test of this model, focusing on two countries—Brazil and France—that present particularly interesting levels of entrepreneurial intentions. Our results are consistent with Global Entrepreneurship Monitor reports, in the sense that Brazilian students in our sample exhibit on average higher levels of entrepreneurial intentions than French students. That said, our results also suggest a relative lack of direct effects of culture on entrepreneurial intentions, opening several questions for further research. We discuss these different questions, suggesting dimensions of entrepreneurial culture that should be retained and the psychological constructs to which they seem to be connected.

Keywords: Intention d’entreprendre; Culture entrepreneuriale; Perception culturelle; Entrepreneuriat; Étude comparative (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010-01-01
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Published in Revue Internationale PME, 2010, 23 (2), 9-41 p. ⟨10.7202/1005743ar⟩

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DOI: 10.7202/1005743ar

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