Journal article

Authors list: Schade, Philipp; Schuhmacher, Monika C.

Publication year: 2022

Journal: Journal of Business Venturing

Volume number: 37

Issue number: 5

ISSN: 0883-9026

eISSN: 1873-2003

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusvent.2022.106232

Publisher: Elsevier

Abstract: 
This study investigates how country-level digital infrastructure shapes the relationships between the action-formation mechanisms of socio-cognitive traits, i.e., entrepreneurial self-efficacy, fear of failure, and opportunity recognition, and entrepreneurial action. We amalgamate the agent -centric social cognitive theory with the external enabler framework and apply mechanism -based theorizing to explain how access-related mechanisms provided by digital infrastructure influence entrepreneurial action-formation. Based on a multilevel analysis of 344,265 individual -level observations from 46 countries and an additional robustness analysis of 391,119 individuals from 53 countries, we find that an individual's proclivity to starting a new venture is contingent upon the level of the digital infrastructure of a country. The empirical results show that a country's digital infrastructure is an external enabler that moderates the relationship between socio-cognitive traits and entrepreneurial action.

Harvard Citation style: Schade, P. and Schuhmacher, M. (2022) Digital infrastructure and entrepreneurial action-formation: A multilevel study, Journal of Business Venturing, 37(5), Article 106232. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusvent.2022.106232

APA Citation style: Schade, P., & Schuhmacher, M. (2022). Digital infrastructure and entrepreneurial action-formation: A multilevel study. Journal of Business Venturing. 37(5), Article 106232. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusvent.2022.106232