(Foundation for the Dissemination of Knowledge and Science "Cognitione" ; Wyższa Szkoła Biznesu - National Louis University, 2016) Riquelme, Hernan E.; Al-Lanqawi, Abdullah M.
The purpose of this paper is to integrate conceptual and empirical work on the
prediction and explanation of entrepreneurial intentions. Specifically, it tests a model
that accounts for the motivation of the entrepreneur, a salient factor commonly
omitted in current theories of entrepreneurial intentions. We test the role of
entrepreneurial desire (a distinct concept from desirability) as a determinant of two
distinctive entrepreneurial intentions. This research corroborates recent findings
that highlight the importance of identifying intentions to start a business with an
orientation for growth as opposed to income substitution. Further, while the role of
emotions has become an important factor in entrepreneurship, anticipated emotions
have received very little attention in the prevailing literature. Using a sample from
Kuwait, this paper finds that desire is a stronger predictor of growth-oriented
intentions than income-substitution intentions. Also, entrepreneurial desire partially
mediates the effects between attitude, anticipated emotions and entrepreneurial
intentions.