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Civic Engagement in The Creation of Entrepreneurship
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Civic Engagement in The Creation of Entrepreneurship

Dali Ma and Cheng Wang
Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings, v 2019(1), 17581
01 Aug 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2019.103
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Abstract

Our study analyzes the association between civic engagement and entrepreneurship. Analysis of a longitudinal national survey shows that volunteering, a major form of civic engagement, increased the likelihood of starting a new business; volunteering also weakened the negative effect of (1) being a female; and (2) being older on starting a new business. These results are consistent with our argument that volunteering helps people meet others with diverse career backgrounds, obtain non-redundant information, learn bricolage skills for entrepreneurial management, find a liminal moment for career transition, and get a sense of social belonging. Furthermore, volunteering can help overcome challenges related to being female and older age for entrepreneurship. Our study sheds light on unintended economic consequences of social action, thereby complementing existing organizational studies, most of which have been focusing on the anticipable instrumental benefits of social structure.

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