An individual's intent to pursue an entrepreneurial career can result from the work environment and from personal factors. Drawing on the entrepreneurial intentions and the person–environment (P–E) fit literatures, and applying a multilevel perspective, we examine why individuals intend to...

The existing literature identifies a number of antecedent factors that positively influence the propensity of individuals to become entrepreneurs. Key among these are self-efficacy, prior knowledge of other entrepreneurs and perception of opportunities. At the same time, policy makers commonly...

Prior studies have found that knowledge gained from work experience is a way to gather insights for business opportunity recognition. However, little is known about the specific types of knowledge that lead to business founding. Utilizing concepts from knowledge spillovers and from the...

Participants in a business plan competition organized by a Singapore university are studied in order to determine the degree to which team diversity influences external evaluation of the team's business ideas.Following a review of the literature on team diversity, it is hypothesized that the...

This study proposes a multi-dimension, multi-contingent bfitQ perspective for examining different practices adapted by entrepreneurial firms in acquiring human resources. We position that while environmental constraints are important considerations for adapting recruitment practices through...