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ABSTRACT: Purpose
This research studies an important, but relatively unexplored entrepreneurial aspect: motivation and aspiration on opportunity finding/discovery.Design/methodology/approach
This study surveyed 230 nascent entrepreneurs on their opportunity finding behavior. A poisson regression and a logistic analysis were conducted to discover the relationship between motivation/aspiration and opportunity search behavior.Findings
Motivation and aspiration interact to influence active search in a positive way. However, only willingness to become an entrepreneur is found to search for opportunities purposefully.Research limitations/implications
Participants of the research are from a Midwest state in United States. Future research may collect sample from more and larger areas.Practical implications
Bankers may use entrepreneurial opportunity search behavior as one criterion determining if to fund a person or not.Originality/value
This article answers the call to study motivation/aspiration on opportunity finding (Yitshaki and Kropp, 2018; Murnieks et al., 2020). It is one of the first studies to explore the above relationship.
SUBMITTER: Zhou R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7875887 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Frontiers in psychology 20210128
<h4>Purpose</h4>This research studies an important, but relatively unexplored entrepreneurial aspect: motivation and aspiration on opportunity finding/discovery.<h4>Design/methodology/approach</h4>This study surveyed 230 nascent entrepreneurs on their opportunity finding behavior. A poisson regression and a logistic analysis were conducted to discover the relationship between motivation/aspiration and opportunity search behavior.<h4>Findings</h4>Motivation and aspiration interact to influence ac ...[more]