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Nofal, Ahmed Maged (2020) The biological perspective in entrepreneurship. PhD thesis, University of Warwick.
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Abstract
In this thesis, we adopt a four-paper framework to examine how biology relates to entrepreneurship. In the first paper, we conduct a systematic review of the literature on the biological perspective in management and investigate research spanning the areas of genetics, physiology and neuroscience. We present an organizing framework of the area, explain the mechanisms through which biological factors relate to management, and discuss the implications of the biological perspective. Finally, we present an agenda highlighting avenues for future research. In the second paper, we explore the association between birth weight and self-employment using three samples - two longitudinal datasets and a sample of twins - from Finland, the UK and the USA. After accounting for endogeneity with the use of longitudinal designs, two-stage least squares instrumental variable regressions and a twin study design, we find evidence for a curvilinear relationship between birth weight and the tendency to become self-employed. We propose a mediating psychological mechanism – anxiety – to explain this association and find support for this. In the third paper, we contribute to the literature linking mental conditions to entrepreneurship by exploring the relationship between anxiety and entrepreneurship using five samples – one cross sectional, three longitudinal and a sample of twins. We find a negative relationship between anxiety and the tendency to engage in entrepreneurship. Our findings also suggest that improving individuals’ financial conditions can attenuate the negative influence of anxiety on entrepreneurship. The fourth paper explores the relationship between breastfeeding duration and the likelihood of engaging in entrepreneurship using two longitudinal datasets from the UK. After partly mitigating endogeneity concerns using the Mundlak-Chamberlain estimator and two-stage least squares instrumental variable regression, we find a positive relationship between breastfeeding duration and the tendency to become an entrepreneur. We propose a mediating psychological mechanism – openness to experience – to explain this relationship.
Item Type: | Thesis (PhD) | ||||
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management Q Science > QH Natural history R Medicine > RJ Pediatrics |
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Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Entrepreneurship, Management, Biology -- Research -- Sociological aspects, Organizational behavior, Birth weight, Self-employed, Anxiety, Entrepreneurship -- Psychological aspects | ||||
Official Date: | January 2020 | ||||
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Institution: | University of Warwick | ||||
Theses Department: | Warwick Business School | ||||
Thesis Type: | PhD | ||||
Publication Status: | Unpublished | ||||
Supervisor(s)/Advisor: | Nicolaou, Nicos ; Symeonidou, Noni | ||||
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Extent: | xii, 13-197 leaves : illustrations, charts | ||||
Language: | eng |
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