Abstract

Entrepreneurial career resilience and entrepreneurial career success: Does entrepreneurial career commitment matter?

Highlights

  • Previous studies in the management discus have long documented that outcomes of entrepreneurial activities affect the global economy and many of these works have put more weight on the outcomes of these entrepreneurial activities

  • The findings suggested that; entrepreneurial career resilience was a positive predictor of the career satisfaction and perceived career achievement but it did not predict perceived financial attainment; that, entrepreneurial career resilience predicted entrepreneurial career commitment; that, entrepreneurial career commitment predicted career satisfaction, perceived career achievement and perceived financial attainment

  • The sample of the questions is “I am satisfied with the success I have achieved in my career”, perceived career achievement (PCA), five (5) items

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Introduction

Previous studies in the management discus have long documented that outcomes of entrepreneurial activities affect the global economy and many of these works have put more weight on the outcomes of these entrepreneurial activities. Earlier researchers have been intensely concerned about exploring the determinants of career success both at the level of individual, group and organization (Payne et al, 2011) In this regard, some of the elements that acknowledged serious attention are resilience (Bhamra, 2015) and commitment (Chiang et al, 2014). Many scholars hypothesized that prosperous entrepreneurs are artefact of resilience (Hayward et al, 2010) It is crucial for entrepreneurial success, this construct has received scant attention in the entrepreneurial literature (Bullough & Renko, 2013; Hussels et al, 2013) most especially in developing economies (Abiola & Udofia, 2011). In addition to the examination of the direct relationships among the mentioned variables, this paper adds to knowledge on career success by examining the indirect effect of ECC

Entrepreneurial Career Success
Entrepreneurial Career Resilience
Entrepreneurial Career Commitment
Material and Methods
Measures
Data Analysis
Descriptive statistics
Model Assessment
Assessment of Measurement Model
Testing the Direct Effects
Assessment of Structural Model
Discussions
Limitations and Directions for Future Study
Findings
Conclusion
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