Entrepreneurial Behaviour Individual, Contextual and Microfoundation

This edited collection draws together cutting edge perspectives from leading scholars on the increasingly prominent discussion of entrepreneurial behaviour. Exploring various aspects of human behaviour, the authors analyse the antecedent influences and dr

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Entrepreneurial Behaviour Individual, Contextual and Microfoundational Perspectives

Entrepreneurial Behaviour

Maura McAdam • James A. Cunningham Editors

Entrepreneurial Behaviour Individual, Contextual and Microfoundational Perspectives

Editors Maura McAdam DCU Business School Dublin City University Dublin, Ireland

James A. Cunningham Newcastle Business School Northumbria University Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

ISBN 978-3-030-04401-5    ISBN 978-3-030-04402-2 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04402-2 Library of Congress Control Number: 2018968421 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors, and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland

To Brendan and Bernie—always in my heart (MMcA) To my beautiful wife Sammi and my wonderful boys Aiden and Riley (JC)

Acknowledgements

We wish to thank all the authors who have contributed to this edited collection and the time and effort that they have taken to address chapter reviews. We would like to acknowledge the excellent support and encouragement we have received from Lucy Kidwell at Palgrave Macmillan. Finally, James A. Cunningham wishes to acknowledge the funding support of Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) and co-funded under the European Regional Development Fund under Grant Number ­ 13/ RC/2073.

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Contents

1 Entrepreneurial Behaviour: A Research Outlook  1 Maura McAdam and James A. Cunningham

Part I Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Emerging Themes

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2 Entrepreneurial Intentions and Entrepreneurial Behaviour 17 Colm O’Gorman 3 Gendering Entrepreneurial Behaviour 39 Susan Marlow, Samantha Hicks, and Lorna Treanor 4 ‘Crimino-Entrepreneurial Behaviour’: Developing a Theoreti