Parents’ performance in entrepreneurship as a “double-edged sword” for the intergenerational transmission of entrepreneurship

PublicationArticle (with peer review)

Entreprenörskap, Företagandets villkor, Francesco Chirico, Giuseppe Criaco, Karl Wennberg, Philipp Sieger, Tommaso Minola

Abstract

We investigate how perceived parents’ performance in entrepreneurship (PPE) affects the entrepreneurial career intentions of offspring. We argue that while perceived PPE enhances offspring’s perceived entrepreneurial desirability and feasibility because of exposure mechanisms, it inhibits the translation of both desirability and feasibility perceptions into entrepreneurial career intentions due to upward social comparison mechanisms. Thus, perceived PPE acts as a double-edged sword for the intergenerational transmission of entrepreneurship. Our predictions are tested and confirmed on a sample of 21,895 individuals from 33 countries. This study advances the literature on intergenerational transmission of entrepreneurship by providing a foundation for understanding the social psychological conditions necessary for such transmission to occur.

Criaco, G., Sieger, P., Wennberg, K., Chirico, F., & Minola, T. (2017). Parents’ performance in entrepreneurship as a “double-edged sword” for the intergenerational transmission of entrepreneurship. Small Business Economics, 49(4), 841-864. DOI:10.1007/s11187-017-9854-x

Migration, Integration, and the Pandemic

Book chapterPublication

Lerpold, L., Sjöberg, Ö., Wennberg, K.

Publication year

2023

Published in

Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-19153-4_1

Abstract

This chapter serves as an introduction to the volume Migration and Integration in a Post-Pandemic World: Socioeconomic Opportunities and Challenges and is a broad and selected overview of the socioeconomic field of international migration and integration as we knew it before the Covid-19 pandemic. It sets the stage for exploring how the critical event of the virus impacted and may continue to impact our understanding of diverse macro-, meso-, and micro-level challenges and opportunities in migration and integration. The chapter motivates the purpose of the volume, as well as the structure of the 15 chapters and their individual contributions ranging from migration over time, transnationalism, migration policies and implementation, the role of trade unions and civil society actors, country-of-origin sector sorting and required skills, along with immigrant discrimination and vaccine hesitancy among migrant groups.

Migration and Integration in a Post-pandemic World: Socioeconomic Opportunities and Challenges

BookPublication

Lerpold, L., Sjöberg, Ö., & Wennberg, K.

Publication year

2023

Published in

Springer.

Abstract

Provides a multidisciplinary perspective on migration. Contains empirical discussions that can inform policy discussions. Explores the changes to migration brought about from the COVID-19 pandemic. This book is open access, which means that you have free and unlimited access.

Skill Requirements and Employment of Immigrants in Swedish Hospitality

Book chapterPublication

Kazlou, A., & Wennberg, K.

Publication year

2023

Published in

Migration and Integration in a Post-Pandemic World: Socioeconomic Opportunities and Challenges

Abstract

This chapter examines sorting of workers from various immigrant groups in Sweden into sectors and jobs comparing these patterns to jobs held by natives in the same sectors. A specific focus is put on the skill composition of jobs and how this differs among migrants’ and natives’ job sorting. We use matched data on jobs, employers, and workers in Swedish hospitality, construction, and retail sectors to document patterns of country of origin-based segmentation. Results show that immigrants primarily enter routine jobs requiring a higher level of technical skills compared to natives who are more often found in non-routine jobs requiring interpersonal skills. In construction and retail, immigrants and natives work mostly in non-routine jobs. These stark patterns of job segregation suggests that education and training efforts among migrant workers should consider the acquisition of language and interpersonal skills in addition to formal training and education.

Abstract

Abstract

Similar content