Social Context, Occupational Status and Entrepreneurial Intentions for Social Individuals

Abstract

Abstract:

Based on the practice of the rapid development of entrepreneurial activities and their non-equilibrium distribution in China, this study applies the social network perspective to establish the theoretical relationship among social context, occupational status and entrepreneurial intentions for social individuals, and uses the sample of 471 individuals in Beijing to empirically study the effect of social context as well as occupational status on entrepreneurial intentions for social individuals. The results indicate that the family context and the quality of social networks are beneficial to improve the entrepreneurial intentions for social individuals, and the individuals with higher occupational status have lower entrepreneurial intentions. The study further shows that occupational status moderates the relationship between social context and entrepreneurial intentions for social individuals. This study has built the "bridge" to establish the linkage between social individuals and entrepreneurial environment, and also has provided the applications for government to make entrepreneurship-supporting policies.

Key words: entrepreneurial intention, social context, occupational status, social individuals

Liu Xiaoyuan, Lin Song. Social Context, Occupational Status and Entrepreneurial Intentions for Social Individuals[J]. , 2015, 27(10): 138-149.

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