Home-based Entrepreneurs, Commercial Entrepreneurs and White-collar Workers: A Comparative Study of Attitudes toward Self-esteem, Personal Control and Business Growth

Leslie P. Roberts · Peter Robinson

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Home-based entrepreneurship, or operation of an independent income-generating business venture based in or from a business owner's place of principal residence (Roberts & Chrisman, 1997), is the small business ownership choice of over 27 million full-time and part-time workers in the US (US Dept. of Census, 2010) and Canada (Statistics Canada, 2006). This study compazes entrepreneurial attitudes toward perceived personal control of business outcomes, self-esteem and business growth in a random sample of 544 home-based entrepreneurs, non-home-based (commercial) entrepreneurs and white-collar employees in Alberta, Canada. One new attitudinal subscale was developed, tested and validated. Significant findings were found for personal control, self-esteem and preference for business growth in revenue. Four significant predictors of non-homebased operation were identified, and the mediating effects of organizational-level vaziables over individual-level vaziables on the relationship between entrepreneurial attitude and behaviour were noted. Data analysis included ANOVA, LOGIT regression, and LISREL Structural Equation Modeling.

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