Entrepreneurship in a cultural context: A research on Turks in Bulgaria

Abstract

Entrepreneurship is seen as incubator of economic growth. Entrepreneurship profile may show some similar features all over the world but the rest is under the influence of culture. Our study aims to identify the national culture that people perceive, to analyze entrepreneurial intention, preferences of professional options and cultural differences between people born before and after 1980, and to explore relationship between people's perceptions of national culture and entrepreneurial intention. The survey of this study was conducted on 384 people who live in Bulgaria with Turkish roots. To test the hypotheses, a field survey using questionnaires was conducted. Data were analyzed through SPSS program and differences and relations were tested through t tests and regression analyses. Analyses results revealed that attitude toward the behavior and perceived behavioral control have significant and positive effect on entrepreneurial intention. The factor having the greatest impact on intention is perceived behavioral control. It's found that there are differences between people's born before and after 1980 entrepreneurial intention, preference of professions and perceptions of national culture. In accordance with the regression analyses results, only power distance is found to have a significant effect on entrepreneurial intention and its effect on intention is negative. (C) 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.