Entrepreneurial intention of scientific personnel: Its category and influencing factors

Abstract

Abstract: To increase the entrepreneurial intention of scientific personnel is a key step to promote mass entrepreneurship and innovation. Based on the data of a large-scale social survey on 9503 randomly sampled Beijing scientific personnel, two types of entrepreneurship intentions were distinguished, namely the innovative one and the ordinary one. Further statistical analysis were conducted to analyze factors influencing the entrepreneurial intention, including factors at individual level, organizational level and social level. The results indicated that innovative and ordinary entrepreneurship intentions have different characteristics. Scientific personnel with better scientific human capital and higher capacity were more likely to participate in innovative entrepreneurship, whilst those with lower human capital and capacity would have higher intention of ordinary entrepreneurship. It is suggested that different types of policy support should be given to different types of entrepreneurs accordingly, with more focus on promoting and encouraging innovative entrepreneurship.

Key words: scientific personnel, innovative entrepreneurial intention, ordinary entrepreneurship intention, influencing factors

Xiao Weiqun, Zhao Yandong. Entrepreneurial intention of scientific personnel: Its category and influencing factors[J]. Science Research Management, 2021, 42(6): 25-31.

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