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Self-Employment as a Career Choice: Attitudes, Entrepreneurial Intentions, and Utility Maximization
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This paper investigates the relationship between career choice and people's attitudes toward income, independence, risk, and work effort. Entrepreneurs are often described in terms of the strength or weakness of their attitudes in these dimensions. Conjoint analysis was used to determine the significance and nature of these attitudes in choosing one Job over another. We also investigated the effect these attitudes have on the intention to start one's own business. Significant relationships were found between the utility expected from a job and the independence, risk, and income it offered. Similarly, the strength of intention to become self-employed was significantly related to the respondents' tolerance for risk and their preference for independence.
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- Douglas, E. J., & Shepherd, D. A.
- Venue
- Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2002-04
- Volume
- 26
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 81-90
- ISSN
- 1042-2587 (ISSN-L)
- 1540-6520
- OpenAlex
- W1589406949
- Cited by
- 989
- References
- 19
- FWCI
- 12.84
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
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